syllabify

[ si-lab-uh-fahy ]
/ sɪˈlæb əˌfaɪ /
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verb (used with object), syl·lab·i·fied, syl·lab·i·fy·ing.

to form or divide into syllables.

Origin of syllabify

From the New Latin word syllabificāre, dating back to 1860–65. See syllable, -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM syllabify

syl·lab·i·fi·ca·tion, noun mis·syl·lab·i·fi·ca·tion, noun mis·syl·lab·i·fy, verb (used with object), mis·syl·lab·i·fied, mis·syl·lab·i·fy·ing. un·syl·lab·i·fied, adjective

Words nearby syllabify

syllabary, syllabi, syllabic, syllabicate, syllabicity, syllabify, syllabism, syllabize, syllable, syllable-timed, syllabogram

Words related to syllabification

utterance, accent, diction, enunciation, articulation, twang, elocution, speech, drawl, phonetics, phonology, phonemics, orthoepy

Example sentences from the Web for syllabification

  • His attention is called to syllabification as well as to diacritical marks.

    How to Teach Phonics |Lida M. Williams

  • Madmen are of some nation, and their language, however incoherent in its words, has always the coherence of syllabification.

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |Edgar Allan Poe

  • As such they are the carriers of practically all significant differences in stress, pitch, and syllabification.

    Language |Edward Sapir

  • What he said was unintelligible, but words were uttered; the syllabification was distinct.

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |Edgar Allan Poe

British Dictionary definitions for syllabification

syllabify

syllabicate

/ (sɪˈlæbɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying, -fied, -cates, -cating or -cated

(tr) to divide (a word) into its constituent syllables

Derived forms of syllabify

syllabification or syllabication, noun