syllabication

UK/sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/

syllabication noun: the act of syllabifying; syllabification.

Noun

syllabication (countable and uncountable, plural syllabications)

The act of syllabifying; syllabification.
- I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.1631, James Mabbe, tr. of Fernando de Rojas’s 1499 The Spanish Bawd, represented in Celestina: or, The Tragicke-comedy of Calisto and Melibea, chapter 18, page 180
- Instances both of the unemphatic do and of the distinct syllabication of the final ed are numerous in the present play.1857, George Lillie Craik, The English of Shakespeare, part 2: “Philological Commentary on Shakespeare’s Julius Cæsar”, act 1, scene 1, page 73

அசை பிரித்தல்

plural	syllabications
alternative form	sillabication

First attested in 1631; from the Medieval Latin sillabicātio, syllabicātio, noun of action of the verb syllabicō, from syllaba (“syllable”).

What does syllabication mean?: Syllabication means the act of syllabifying; syllabification.
What is syllabication in Tamil?: Syllabication in Tamil is அசை பிரித்தல். See Syllabication meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is syllabication?: Syllabication is a noun.
How do you pronounce syllabication?: Syllabication is pronounced /sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of syllabication?: The plural of syllabication is syllabications.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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