Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syllabification

/sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: syl-lab-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA: /sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The division of a word into syllables.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages."
"syllabicate 2 syllabication 1 syllabify 2 syllabification 1 syllabize 1 syllabization 3 One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees."
"Syllábify is a back-formation from syllabification, which in turn seems to be coined directly on the basis of Latin syllabificare."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: syllabificō

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

syllabifications (plural)

Derived Forms

dissyllabification resyllabification syllabificate syllabificating syllabify

Frequently Paired Words

hyphenation

Synonyms

syllabation syllabication syllabization

Questions

How do you pronounce syllabification?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What does syllabification mean?: The division of a word into syllables.
Where does syllabification come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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