English translation of "syllaber" - "syllabize"

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208 months ago

Gina W asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	syllaber
Context:	Il a des difficultés à : 1) trouver la place d'un phonème dans le mot,
Keywords:	...2) reconnaître la différence entre une phrase, un mot et une syllabe ; et 3) syllaber /// Does this mean sounding out words one syllable at a time?

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208 months ago

wrote:

to spell (to utter) words syllable by syllable

My comment:

never heard of this verb in French

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208 months ago

myrthe wrote:

What's the word in English for *syllaber* please? I don't know this French verb...

208 months ago

Aharon303 wrote:

identify the syllables in a word

208 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

syllabify, syllabicate

My comment:

Other alternatives

My references:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/syllabize
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/syllabicate

208 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

syllabize

My comment:

It really means sounding out the syllables.

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208 months ago

myrthe wrote:

Yes, that is the translation. Both this English word and the French "syllaber" are very rare technical words. It means to identify the syllables in a word.

208 months ago

myrthe wrote:

Yes, that is the translation. Both this English word and the French "syllaber" are very rare technical words. It means to identify the syllables in a word.

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