Syllabize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To syllabify. transitive
"No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor.""
- 2 utter with distinct articulation of each syllable wordnet
- 3 divide into syllables wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor.""
Etymology
From Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “-ize”).