syllabisation
syllabisation is the alternative spelling of syllabization.
Meaning of syllabization
Noun
syllabization (countable and uncountable, plural syllabizations)
- Synonym of syllabification.
- Poetry at large, or as composed of rhythm, rhyme, versification, and perhaps syllabization, may be said to differ from prose, as what is sung does from what is said.1838 June 17, W. H. Inglis, “Poems by James Walter, employed in the Episcopal Church for the British Embassy and Residents in Paris. Paris, 1837.”, in The London and Paris Observer, number 685...
- Synonyms:
- syllabification
Origin of syllabisation
From syllabise + -ation.
Questions about syllabisation
- What is syllabisation the alternative spelling of?
- Syllabisation is the alternative spelling of syllabization.
Words near syllabisation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: syllabisation (page history and authors); syllabization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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