syllabise

• Verbe signifiant diviser un mot en syllabes ou le prononcer syllabe par syllabe.

A verb meaning to divide or pronounce a word into its constituent syllables.

1. Divide into syllablesC1formal

   To separate a word into its constituent syllables, often for pronunciation or linguistic analysis.

   Diviser en syllabes

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

   Synonymessyllabicatesyllabifysyllabize

2. Pronounce distinctlyC1formal

   To utter a word with clear and distinct articulation of each syllable.

   prononcer distinctement

   • The actor had to syllabise each line for the audience to understand.
   • She syllabised the foreign name carefully to avoid confusion.
   • In the speech, he syllabised every word for emphasis.

   Synonymesarticulateenunciate

   Antonymesgarblemumbleslur