SYLLABICATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does syllabicate mean? 

• SYLLABICATE (verb)
  The verb SYLLABICATE has 1 sense:

1. divide into syllables

  Familiarity information: SYLLABICATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYLLABICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they syllabicate    ... he / she / it syllabicates   
Past simple: syllabicated   
Past participle: syllabicated   
-ing form: syllabicating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide into syllables

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

syllabicate; syllabify; syllabise; syllabize

Context example:

syllabify the words

Hypernyms (to "syllabicate" is one way to...):

section; segment (divide into segments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syllabication (forming or dividing words into syllables)

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)