syllabication
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syl·lab·i·fy
(sĭ-lăb′ĭ-fī′) or syl·lab·i·cate (-kāt′)tr.v. syl·lab·i·fied, syl·lab·i·fy·ing, syl·lab·i·fies or syl·lab·i·cat·ed or syl·lab·i·cat·ing or syl·lab·i·cates
To form or divide into syllables.
syl·lab′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən), syl·lab′i·ca′tion (-kā′shən) n.
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Noun | 1. | syllabication - forming or dividing words into syllables division - the act or process of dividing |
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[sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən] N syllabification [sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] N → silabeo m, división f en sílabasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005