syllabicate

• Verbe désuet ou rare signifiant diviser un mot en syllabes.

An obsolete verb meaning to divide words into syllables.

1. Divide into syllablesC1formal

   To separate a word into its constituent syllables, typically for pronunciation or writing purposes.

   Diviser en syllabes

   • The teacher asked the students to syllabicate the word 'elephant'.
   • Linguists often syllabicate words to study their phonetic structure.
   • You can syllabicate 'computer' as com-pu-ter.

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