音おん節せつ主しゅ音おん的てき子し音いん

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'.

• 英えい語ごの「button」の最さい後ごの「n」は音おん節せつ主しゅ音おん的てき子し音いんの例れいです。

  The final 'n' in English 'button' is an example of a syllabic consonant.