syllabary

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: syl=la=bar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

syllabary, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

syllabary, n. (pl. -ies) a list of characters representing syllables and (in some languages or stages of writing) serving the purpose of an alphabet.

Etymology

mod.L syllabarium (as SYLLABLE)

THESAURUS

syllabary

IPA, ITA, Initial Teaching Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, 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, 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