syllabize

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “-ize”).

Verb

syllabize (third-person singular simple present syllabizes, present participle syllabizing, simple past and past participle syllabized)

1. (transitive) To syllabify.
   • 1920, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, The Classical Journal, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, page 361

     No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor."

Synonyms

• syllabify, syllabicate

Translations

syllabify — see syllabify

References

• “syllabize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.