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syllabify

verb
/sɪˈlæbɪfaɪ/

Etymology

First attested in 1799–1802; back-formation from syllabification; compare the Old French sillabifier.

  1. derived from sillabifier

Definitions

  1. To divide a word into syllables

    To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize.

    • A method alſo of teaching the learners “to ſyllabify with the counters” is pointed out.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA