noun
syllabic consonant
Technical term in phonetics/phonology for a consonant that functions as the nucleus of a syllable, such as the /n/ in English 'button' or the /l/ in 'bottle'.
英語の「button」の最後の「n」は音節主音的子音の例です。
The final 'n' in English 'button' is an example of a syllabic consonant.
A compound of 音節 (syllable), 主音 (nucleus), and 子音 (consonant), literally 'syllable-nucleus consonant'. The term is a direct calque from English 'syllabic consonant'.