Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syllabificating

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: syl-lab-i-fi-cat-ing
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That denotes syllabic breaks.

verb

present participle and gerund of syllabificate

Example Sentences

"A record on one card consists of letter expression as an entry, phonemic expression (with stress mark and syllabificating mark if the word is polysyllabic), and possible functions of the word."

Etymology

First attested in 1968; formed as syllabificat(ion) + -ing; compare the later syllabificate.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: syllabification, syllabificate

Questions

What does syllabificating mean?: That denotes syllabic breaks.
Where does syllabificating come from?: First attested in 1968; formed as syllabificat(ion) + -ing; compare the later syllabificate.

How to pronounce syllabificating

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