cigarettesmoker
Syllables
cigarette-smoker
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪɡərɛt ˈsməʊkə/
Stress
100 10
Morphemes
cigarette- + smoke- + -er
The word 'cigarette-smoker' is a compound noun divided into two syllables: 'cigarette' and 'smoker', each with primary stress on the first syllable. Syllabification follows the Maximal Onset Principle, and the hyphen clarifies the compound boundary.
Definitions
- 1
A person who smokes cigarettes.
“He was a heavy cigarette-smoker and struggled to quit.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the first syllable of each compound element: *cigarette* and *smoker*.
Syllables
ci-ga-rette — Open syllable, primary stress on the first syllable.. smo-ker — Open syllable, primary stress on the first syllable.
Word Parts
cigarette-
French origin, ultimately from Spanish *cigarrillo* meaning "small cigar"; denotes the object smoked.
smoke-
Old English *smocian* meaning "to vanish, to emit smoke"; denotes the action of burning and inhaling.
-er
Old English *-ere*; denotes an agent, someone who performs the action.
Similar Words
Maximal Onset Principle
Legal onsets are maximized. Syllable division is made when a vowel is encountered after a consonant. Compound boundaries allow syllable divisions.
- The 'g' in 'cigarette' is a soft 'g' /ɡ/ due to the following 'e'.
- The vowel /ə/ in 'smoker' is a schwa, a common unstressed vowel in English.
- The hyphenated nature of the compound word allows for a clear separation of the two lexical items, influencing the syllable division.
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