syllabification

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• Received-Pronunciation: sĭlă'bĭfĭkāʹshən
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• Received-Pronunciation: /sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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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”).

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разделяне на срички (razdeljane na srički) — division of a word into syllables
• Bulgarian: сричкоделение (sričkodelenie) — division of a word into syllables
• Catalan: sil·labificació — division of a word into syllables
• Dutch: syllabeverdeling — division of a word into syllables
• Dutch: syllabificatie — division of a word into syllables
• Dutch: lettergreepverdeling — division of a word into syllables
• Finnish: tavutus — division of a word into syllables
• French: syllabation — division of a word into syllables
• German: Worttrennung — division of a word into syllables
• German: Silbentrennung — division of a word into syllables
• Greek: συλλαβισμός (syllavismós) — division of a word into syllables
• Greek: συλλαβοποίηση (syllavopoíisi) — division of a word into syllables
• Hungarian: szótagolás — division of a word into syllables
• Hungarian: szótagokra bontás — division of a word into syllables
• Indonesian: pemenggalan kata — division of a word into syllables
• Indonesian: silabifikasi — division of a word into syllables
• Italian: sillabazione — division of a word into syllables
• Macedonian: силабизација (silabizacija) — division of a word into syllables
• Malay: penyukuan kata — division of a word into syllables
• Polish: sylabifikacja — division of a word into syllables
• Portuguese: silabação — division of a word into syllables
• Russian: слогоделе́ние (slogodelénije) — division of a word into syllables
• Spanish: silabación — division of a word into syllables
• Tagalog: pagpapantig — division of a word into syllables
• Tagalog: palapantigan — division of a word into syllables
• Tagalog: silabasyon — division of a word into syllables
• Turkish: heceleniş — division of a word into syllables
• Turkish: heceleme — division of a word into syllables
• Volapük: silabam — division of a word into syllables