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Meaning of "syllabify" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SYLLABIFY

syllabify  [sɪˈlæbɪˌfaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYLLABIFY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Syllabify is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb syllabify in English.

WHAT DOES SYLLABIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Syllabification

Syllabification or syllabication is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written. The written separation is usually marked by a hyphen when using English orthography and with a period when transcribing in the International Phonetic Alphabet . For presentation purposes, typographers may use an interpunct, or a special-purpose "hyphenation point". At the end of a line, a word is separated in writing into parts conventionally called "syllables" if it does not fit and if moving it to the next line would make the first line much shorter than the others. This can be a particular problem with very long words. Word processing has automated the process of justification, making syllabification of shorter words often superfluous. In some languages, the spoken syllables are also the basis of syllabification in writing. However, possibly due to the weak correspondence between sounds and letters in the spelling of modern English, written syllabification in English is based mostly on etymological or morphological instead of phonetic principles.

Definition of syllabify in the English dictionary

The definition of syllabify in the dictionary is to divide into its constituent syllables.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SYLLABIFY

PRESENT

Present
I syllabify
you syllabify
he/she/it syllabifies
we syllabify
you syllabify
they syllabify
Present continuous
I am syllabifying
you are syllabifying
he/she/it is syllabifying
we are syllabifying
you are syllabifying
they are syllabifying
Present perfect
I have syllabified
you have syllabified
he/she/it has syllabified
we have syllabified
you have syllabified
they have syllabified
Present perfect continuous
I have been syllabifying
you have been syllabifying
he/she/it has been syllabifying
we have been syllabifying
you have been syllabifying
they have been syllabifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I syllabified
you syllabified
he/she/it syllabified
we syllabified
you syllabified
they syllabified
Past continuous
I was syllabifying
you were syllabifying
he/she/it was syllabifying
we were syllabifying
you were syllabifying
they were syllabifying
Past perfect
I had syllabified
you had syllabified
he/she/it had syllabified
we had syllabified
you had syllabified
they had syllabified
Past perfect continuous
I had been syllabifying
you had been syllabifying
he/she/it had been syllabifying
we had been syllabifying
you had been syllabifying
they had been syllabifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will syllabify
you will syllabify
he/she/it will syllabify
we will syllabify
you will syllabify
they will syllabify
Future continuous
I will be syllabifying
you will be syllabifying
he/she/it will be syllabifying
we will be syllabifying
you will be syllabifying
they will be syllabifying
Future perfect
I will have syllabified
you will have syllabified
he/she/it will have syllabified
we will have syllabified
you will have syllabified
they will have syllabified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been syllabifying
you will have been syllabifying
he/she/it will have been syllabifying
we will have been syllabifying
you will have been syllabifying
they will have been syllabifying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would syllabify
you would syllabify
he/she/it would syllabify
we would syllabify
you would syllabify
they would syllabify
Conditional continuous
I would be syllabifying
you would be syllabifying
he/she/it would be syllabifying
we would be syllabifying
you would be syllabifying
they would be syllabifying
Conditional perfect
I would have syllabify
you would have syllabify
he/she/it would have syllabify
we would have syllabify
you would have syllabify
they would have syllabify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been syllabifying
you would have been syllabifying
he/she/it would have been syllabifying
we would have been syllabifying
you would have been syllabifying
they would have been syllabifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you syllabify
we let´s syllabify
you syllabify
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to syllabify
Past participle
syllabified
Present Participle
syllabifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYLLABIFY


certify
ˈsɜːtɪˌfaɪ
clarify
ˈklærɪˌfaɪ
disyllabify
ˌdaɪsɪˈlæbɪˌfaɪ
identifier
aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ
identify
aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ
justify
ˈdʒʌstɪˌfaɪ
modify
ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ
notify
ˈnəʊtɪˌfaɪ
plebify
ˈplebɪˌfaɪ
qualify
ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
rubefy
ˈruːbɪˌfaɪ
sci-fi
ˈsaɪˌfaɪ
simplify
ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ
specify
ˈspɛsɪˌfaɪ
tabefy
ˈtæbɪˌfaɪ
testify
ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪ
verbify
ˈvɜːbɪˌfaɪ
verify
ˈvɛrɪˌfaɪ
Wi-Fi
ˈwaɪˌfaɪ
zombify
ˈzɒmbɪˌfaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYLLABIFY

syllabarium
syllabary
syllabi
syllabic
syllabical
syllabically
syllabicate
syllabicating
syllabication
syllabicity
syllabification
syllabified
syllabifies
syllabism
syllabize
syllable
syllabogram
syllabography
syllabub
syllabus

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYLLABIFY

amplify
beautify
detoxify
disqualify
diversify
exemplify
fortify
glorify
indemnify
intensify
magnify
mollify
objectify
purify
quantify
rectify
signify
solidify
stratify
unify

Synonyms and antonyms of syllabify in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «syllabify» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYLLABIFY

Find out the translation of syllabify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of syllabify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «syllabify» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

清晰3
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

syllabify
570 millions of speakers

English

syllabify
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

syllabify
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

syllabify
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

syllabify
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

syllabify
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

syllabify
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décomposer en syllabes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syllabify
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

syllabify
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

syllabify
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

syllabify
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syllabify
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chia ra từng âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அசைகளாகப் பிரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Syllabify
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hecelere ayırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sillabare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syllabify
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

syllabify
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

syllabify
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

syllabify
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

syllabify
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

syllabify
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

syllabify
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of syllabify

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLABIFY»

The term «syllabify» is used very little and occupies the 176.708 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLLABIFY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about syllabify

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYLLABIFY»

Discover the use of syllabify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to syllabify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ablaut and Ambiguity: Phonology of a Morcoccan Arabic Dialect
Phonology of a Morcoccan Arabic Dialect Jeffrey Heath. /r/ syllabifies although it is in a less favorable position to do so than is the /m/ . Furthermore, /r r/ syllabify ( by Absorption) in cases like /brm/ 'he braided' (structurally /bram/), though again ...
Jeffrey Heath, 1987
2
The Progressive Dictionary of the English Language: A ...
Syl la blze (sll'lab-Iz), v. t. To form or divide Into syllables ; to syllabify. 'Tla mankind alone Can language frame and *ijllnt>i:,- the tone. Houxll. Syllabus (sll' la-bus), n. (B. Cath. Ch.) A summary enumeration of the point? decided by an act or ...
Samuel Fallows, 1835
3
Handbook of Biblical Hebrew
D^S" — Syllabify, identify each syll. Note pattah in ace. cl. The mark * above "1 is a Masoretic note (§11.7), telling us that qamas is found in some texts. Which would you expect? Rule 13. pa-ras, 'Persia.' *nOV" — Syllabify, identify syllables.
William S. LaSor, 1989
4
A Landmark Underspecification Account of the Patterning of ...
Likewise, in Chickasaw and Choctaw (Western Muskogean), glottal stops syllabify as codas (Ulrich 1993), and coda glottal stops do not syllabify with following vowel initial suffixes (from Pam Munro, as quoted in a summary of responses to a ...
Marianne L. Borroff, 2007
5
Jewish and Muslim Dialects of Moroccan Arabic
In this context, there are frequent opportunities for sonorant C's to syllabify. In the mainstream M dialect ... n, m, 1} In other words, y is the most prone to syllabify, then (tap) r, then the other sonorants including w. Pharyngeal f is not a true ...
Jeffrey Heath, 2013
6
Problems and Perspectives: Studies in the Modern French Language
Because there is no following vocalic skeletal slot, the /s/ of remains will have no reason to syllabify onto the following schwa, and will therefore automatically syllabify onto the preceding /a/ vowel, just as the /n/ at the end of remains syllabifies ...
Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Janice Carruthers, Rosalind Temple, 2014
7
Die Berliner Abendblätter Heinrich von Kleists : ihre ...
In [t6 skri:v], an epenthetic vowel follows /t/ in order to syllabify the initial /s/ + consonant cluster of the verb (in careful speech, [6t 6skri:v] is also possible). See Cardinaletti and Repetti (2004), (2008) for discussion. Notice that forms such as [ 6t ...
Reineke Bok-Bennema, Brigitte Kampers-Manhe, Bart Hollebrandse, 2010
8
Phonological Domains: Universals and Deviations
Bla] 'receive her' ([reb.la])17 In addition, asyllabic enclitics (C and CC) may syllabify into coda position. An asyllabic (C) enclitic will not syllabify as part of a coda cluster (45), but it will syllabify as a simple coda (46), and an asyllabic enclitic ...
Janet Grijzenhout, Barış Kabak, 2009
9
The Structure of Creole Words: Segmental, Syllabic and ...
If the onset consonant has greater strength than the coda consonant, the two should syllabify together within the following onset. Since the liquids /R/ and /l/ have a higher sonority ranking than the voiced fricative /z/ or the unvoiced occlusive /t/ ...
Parth Bhatt, Ingo Plag, 2006
10
Optimality Theory
Syllabify: Assign syllable structure. b. Assign feet: Build left-headed quantity- sensitive feet from left to right. c. End Rule Left: Promote the leftmost foot to main stress. d. Syncopate: Delete vowels in non-head syllables (and resyllabify).
Rene Kager, 1999

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