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"2": "-fication"
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"2": "",
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"etymology_text": "First attested in 1764; a regular Anglicisation (see -fication) of a hypothetical etymon of the form *syllabificātiō, *syllabificātiōn-, formed regularly on the base of the Latin syllabificō, itself from syllaba (“syllable”).",
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"word": "syllabificating"
},
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"word": "syllabify"
}
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"ref": "1764 September, Tobias George Smollett [ed.], The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, volume 18, article 23: “Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c.”, page 237",
"text": "Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages."
},
{
"ref": "1926, Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (first edition, Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.” syllabize &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 syllabation 2",
"text": "syllabicate 2 syllabication 1\nsyllabify 2 syllabification 1\nsyllabize 1 syllabization 3\nOne first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees."
},
{
"ref": "1999, Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints in English Derivation, § 7.1.2, page 203",
"text": "Syllábify is a back-formation from syllabification, which in turn seems to be coined directly on the basis of Latin syllabificare.",
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"word": "syllabication"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "tavutus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Worttrennung"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "Silbentrennung"
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"roman": "syllavismós",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "συλλαβισμός"
},
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "συλλαβοποίηση"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "szótagolás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "szótagokra bontás"
},
{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "pemenggalan kata"
},
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "silabizacija",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "силабизација"
},
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "penyukuan kata"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "sylabifikacja"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "slogodelénije",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "слогоделе́ние"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "sapantig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "palapantigan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "heceleniş"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "heceleme"
},
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"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "silabam"
}
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]
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"ipa": "/sɪˌlæbɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "sĭlă'bĭfĭkāʹshən",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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}
],
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}
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"ref": "1764 September, Tobias George Smollett [ed.], The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, volume 18, article 23: “Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c.”, page 237",
"text": "Our author has eſtabliſhed clear practicable rules for articulation, and conſequently for facilitating to foreigners the pronouncing and ſyllabification of the Engliſh language; and that upon principles which are in common to all languages."
},
{
"ref": "1926, Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (first edition, Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.” syllabize &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 syllabation 2",
"text": "syllabicate 2 syllabication 1\nsyllabify 2 syllabification 1\nsyllabize 1 syllabization 3\nOne first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees."
},
{
"ref": "1999, Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity: Structural Constraints in English Derivation, § 7.1.2, page 203",
"text": "Syllábify is a back-formation from syllabification, which in turn seems to be coined directly on the basis of Latin syllabificare.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The division of a word into syllables."
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"syllable",
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]
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "tavutus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syllabation"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Worttrennung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silbentrennung"
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{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "syllavismós",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "συλλαβισμός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syllavopoíisi",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "συλλαβοποίηση"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "szótagolás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "szótagokra bontás"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "pemenggalan kata"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "silabizacija",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "силабизација"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "penyukuan kata"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sylabifikacja"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slogodelénije",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
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"neuter"
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"word": "слогоделе́ние"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "sapantig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "palapantigan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "heceleniş"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "heceleme"
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"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "division of a word into syllables",
"word": "silabam"
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