syllabificating

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adjective

That denotes syllabic breaks.

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Meanings

syllabificating1

adjectivesyllabificating (not comparable)
  1. nonstandardnot comparablerareThat denotes syllabic breaks.

    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.

    1968, Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Acoustics (Elsevier Pub. Co.), volumes 1–3, page B-156

syllabificating2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of syllabificate

Origin

syllabificating · adjective

First attested in 1968; formed as syllabificat(ion) + -ing; compare the later syllabificate.

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syllabificating · verb

From syllabificate + -ing.

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Cite this entry
APA

syllabificating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllabificating

MLA

“syllabificating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllabificating. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “syllabificating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllabificating.

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