Definition of Syllabification

1. Noun. Forming or dividing words into syllables.

Exact synonyms: Syllabication
Generic synonyms: Division
Derivative terms: Syllabicate, Syllabify

Definition of Syllabification

1. n. Same as Syllabication.

Definition of Syllabification

1. Noun. the division of a word into syllables. ¹

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Definition of Syllabification

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllabification

syllabic script
syllabical
syllabically
syllabicate
syllabicated
syllabicates
syllabicating
syllabication
syllabications
syllabicities
syllabicity
syllabics
syllabificate
syllabificated
syllabificating
syllabification (current term)
syllabifications
syllabified
syllabifies
syllabify
syllabifying
syllabise
syllabism
syllabisms
syllabist
syllabists
syllabize
syllabized
syllabizes
syllabizing

Literary usage of Syllabification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Prologue in the Old French and Provençal Mystery by David Hobart Carnahan (1905)
"I. syllabification. A satisfactory study of syllabification is impossible on ... The irregularity of syllabification may be seen in the following examples, ..."

2. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1896)
"syllabification IN ROMAN SPEECH.1 BY WILLIAM GARDNER HALE. ... The received doctrine of Latin syllabification is that, in any given case, as many consonants ..."

3. The Prologue in the Old French and Provençal Mystery by David Hobart Carnahan (1905)
"I. syllabification. A satisfactory study of syllabification is impossible on ... The irregularity of syllabification may be seen in the following examples, ..."

4. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1896)
"syllabification IN ROMAN SPEECH.1 BY WILLIAM GARDNER HALE. ... The received doctrine of Latin syllabification is that, in any given case, as many consonants ..."

5. Text, Type and Style: A Compendium of Atlantic Usage by George Burnham Ives, Atlantic monthly press, inc., Boston (1921)
"... SPACING AND syllabification These two subjects are almost necessarily considered together, when, as in the case of the "Atlantic" itself, ..."

6. A Manual of the Mechanics of Writing by Raymond Woodbury Pence (1921)
"CHAPTER SEVEN syllabification General principle. 191. syllabification is of use in showing how words are to be divided at the ends of lines. ..."

7. The Study and Practice of Writing English by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1914)
"syllabification 1. A word that comes at the end of a line on either a written or a printed page should not be broken and carried over to the next line ..."

8. The Study and Practice of Writing English by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1914)
"syllabification 1. A word that comes at the end of a line on either a written or a printed page should not be broken and carried over to the next line ..."

9. Text, Type and Style: A Compendium of Atlantic Usage by George Burnham Ives, Atlantic monthly press, inc., Boston (1921)
"... SPACING AND syllabification These two subjects are almost necessarily considered together, when, as in the case of the "Atlantic" itself, ..."

10. A Manual of the Mechanics of Writing by Raymond Woodbury Pence (1921)
"CHAPTER SEVEN syllabification General principle. 191. syllabification is of use in showing how words are to be divided at the ends of lines. ..."

11. The Study and Practice of Writing English by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1914)
"syllabification 1. A word that comes at the end of a line on either a written or a printed page should not be broken and carried over to the next line ..."

12. The Study and Practice of Writing English by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1914)
"syllabification 1. A word that comes at the end of a line on either a written or a printed page should not be broken and carried over to the next line ..."

13. An Italian Grammar by Ruth Shepard Phelps (1917)
"syllabification The division of words into syllables is very exact in Italian. 6. Nearly all syllables must end in a vowel, which may be preceded by as many ..."

14. An Italian Grammar by Ruth Shepard Phelps (1917)
"syllabification The division of words into syllables is very exact in Italian. 6. Nearly all syllables must end in a vowel, which may be preceded by as many ..."

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