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tautosyllabic

[ taw-toh-si-lab-ik ]

adjective

, Phonetics.
  1. occurring within the same syllable:

    The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tautosyllabic1

First recorded in 1885–90; tauto- + syllabic

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