Syllabificating
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of syllabificate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That denotes syllabic breaks. nonstandard, not-comparable, rare
"A record on one card consists of letter expression as an entry, phonemic expression (with stress mark and syllabificating mark if the word is polysyllabic), and possible functions of the word."
Example
More examples"A record on one card consists of letter expression as an entry, phonemic expression (with stress mark and syllabificating mark if the word is polysyllabic), and possible functions of the word."
Etymology
Etymology 1
First attested in 1968; formed as syllabificat(ion) + -ing; compare the later syllabificate.
Etymology 2
From syllabificate + -ing.
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