syllabify

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪˈlæbɪˌfaɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɪˈlæbəˌfaɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(si lab′ə fī′)

Inflections of 'syllabify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
syllabifies
v 3rd person singular
syllabifying
v pres p
syllabified
v past
syllabified
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
syl•lab•i•fy /sɪˈlæbəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], -fied, -fy•ing. 
  1. Phoneticsto form or divide into syllables.
syl•lab•i•fi•ca•tion /sɪˌlæbəfɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
syl•lab•i•fy  (si lab′ə fī′),USA pronunciation v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. 
  1. Phoneticsto form or divide into syllables.
  • Neo-Latin syllabificāre. See syllable, -ify
  • 1860–65
syl•lab′i•fi•ca′tion, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
syllabify / sɪˈlæbɪˌfaɪ/, syllabicate ( -fies, -fying, -fied, -cates, -cating, -cated)
  1. (transitive) to divide (a word) into its constituent syllables
sylˌlabifiˈcation, sylˌlabiˈcation
'syllabify' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
syllabicate - syllabize

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