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syllabificate

syllabificate verb: syllabize.

Verb

syllabificate (third-person singular simple present syllabificates, present participle syllabificating, simple past and past participle syllabificated)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) syllabize
    • Her squawk came out in two distinct syllables, rather like the way I had been syllabificating “Rooo-beee!”1974, Joan McIntyre, Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins, Scribner, page 188
    • Of the two or more consonants forming a conjunct which occurs within a word, the first belongs to the preceding vowel and the rest to the following; mantri: ‘secretary’ will be syllabificated as man-tri:.1982, Journal of the School of Languages (Jawaharlal Nehru University), volume 8, page 27

Forms of syllabificate

third-person singular presentsyllabificates
present participlesyllabificating
past participlesyllabificated
pastsyllabificated

Origin of syllabificate

First attested in 1974; back-formation from syllabification; compare the earlier syllabificating.

Questions about syllabificate

What does syllabificate mean?
Syllabificate means syllabize.
What part of speech is syllabificate?
Syllabificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of syllabificate?
The past tense of syllabificate is syllabificated.

Words near syllabificate in the dictionary

  1. syllabications
  2. syllabicity
  3. syllabicness
  4. syllabics
  5. syllabifiable
  6. syllabificate
  7. syllabificated
  8. syllabificates
  9. syllabificating
  10. syllabification
  11. syllabifications

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