syllabification

noun
/sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon of the form *syllabificātiō, *syllabificātiōn-, formed regularly on the base of the Latin syllabificō, itself from syllaba (“syllable”).

  1. derived from syllabificō

Definitions

  1. The division of a word into syllables.

    • Syllábify is a back-formation from syllabification, which in turn seems to be coined directly on the basis of Latin syllabificare.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for syllabification. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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