συλλαβίζω — meaning in English

English meaning

• spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
• syllable noun A unit of pronunciation formed around a single vowel sound, often making up part of a word.

Senses

συλλαβίζω is used for these senses in English:

• hyphenate (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
• spell (intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]
• syllable (transitive, poetic) To utter in syllables.

spell — full definition

1. noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
2. verb To write or say the letters that make up a word, in the correct order.
3. verb To indicate or signal that something is likely to happen.
4. noun A short period of time doing a particular activity, or a stretch of a certain kind of weather.

Related Greek words