Syllabation

//sɪləˈbeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    syllabification rare, uncountable

    "Its syllabation partakes of the columnal system of the extreme Orientals, the Chinese; and the varied nature of its characters demands the width of at least three parallel lines for their co-arrangement."

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syllabificationsyllabisation

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"Its syllabation partakes of the columnal system of the extreme Orientals, the Chinese; and the varied nature of its characters demands the width of at least three parallel lines for their co-arrangement."

Etymology

First attested in 1829; formed as the Latin syllaba (“syllable”) + the English -ation; compare the French syllabation and the Medieval Latin syllabō.

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