noun · countable / uncountable · rare

syllabification

syllabification · syllabifications

слогоделение

Worttrennung, Silbentrennung

The division of a word into syllablesThe division of a word into syllables.

/sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)The division of a word into syllables.
Worttrennung, Silbentrennung
слогоделе́ниеslogodelénije
forming or dividing words into syllables

Translations

8 languages

Русский

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division of a word into syllables:

Deutsch

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Origin

First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon o

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”).

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