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Meanings of syllabification in English

Portuguese
separação em sílabas
Catalan
sil·labeig

Forming or dividing words into syllables.

        separação em sílabas
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        Examples for "syllabication"
        Examples for "syllabication"
        1
        These rules for division are necessarily based on spelling and syllabication.
        Division of Words / Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends ...
        2
        In the diacritical marking, as in accentuation and syllabication, Webster's International Dictionary has been taken as authority.
        De La Salle Fifth Reader
        3
        Rules for the division of words at the ends of lines, with remarks on spelling, syllabication and pronunciation.
        Division of Words / Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends ...
        4
        Then indicate what words are to be defined, and insist upon the proper syllabication, accent, marking of letters, etc.
        New National Fourth Reader
        Usage of syllabification in English
        1
        His attention is called to syllabification as well as to diacritical marks.
        How to Teach Phonics
        2
        What he said was unintelligible; but words were uttered; the syllabification was distinct.
        Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
        3
        After reading a certain amount of manuscript verse one is disposed to anathematize the inventor of homophonous syllabification.
        A Mortal Antipathy
        4
        Madmen are of some nation, and their language, however incoherent in its words, has always the coherence of syllabification.
        Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
        5
        Possibly the study might more accurately be called word-study, since it aims also at training for pronunciation, syllabification, vocabulary extension, and etymology.
        What the Schools Teach and Might Teach
        Translations for syllabification
        Syllabification through the time