syllabification

Etymology
First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see ) of a hypothetical etymon of the form, , formed regularly on the base of the , itself from.

Noun

 * 1) The division of a word into syllables.
 * 2) * 1764 September, Tobias George Smollett [ed.], The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, volume 18, article 23: “Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c.”, page 237
 * Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages.
 * 1) * 1926, Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (first edition, Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.”
 * syllabize &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): —   syllabate 3    syllabation 2  syllabicate 2    syllabication 1  syllabify 2      syllabification 1  syllabize 1     syllabization 3 One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words ; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.

Synonyms

 * , syllabication

Translations

 * Dutch: syllabeverdeling, syllabificatie, lettergreepverdeling
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, szótagokra bontás
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: силабизација
 * Malay: penyukuan kata
 * Polish: sylabifikacja
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: sapantig, palapantigan
 * Turkish: heceleniş,
 * Volapük: silabam