'Syllabary' definitions:
Definition of 'syllabary'
(from WordNet)
noun
A writing system whose characters represent syllables [syn: syllabary, syllabic script]
Definition of 'Syllabary'
From: GCIDE
- Syllabary \Syl"la*ba*ry\, n. A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'syllabary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alphabet,
- alphabetics,
- art,
- blueprint,
- charactering,
- characterization,
- chart,
- choreography,
- conventional representation,
- dance notation,
- delineation,
- demonstration,
- depiction,
- depictment,
- diagram,
- drama,
- drawing,
- exemplification,
- figuration,
- futhark,
- graphemics,
- hieroglyphic,
- iconography,
- ideogram,
- illustration,
- imagery,
- imaging,
- Initial Teaching Alphabet,
- International Phonetic Alphabet,
- IPA,
- ITA,
- letter,
- letters,
- limning,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- map,
- musical notation,
- notation,
- paleography,
- pictogram,
- picturization,
- plan,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- prefigurement,
- presentment,
- printing,
- projection,
- realization,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- runic alphabet,
- schema,
- score,
- script,
- symbol,
- tablature,
- writing,
- writing system