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parchment-spread

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3 syllables
16 characters
English (GB)
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3syllables

parchmentspread

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

par-chment-spread

Pronunciation

/pɑːtʃmənt sprɛd/

Stress

0101

Morphemes

parch + ment

The word 'parchment-spread' is divided into three syllables: par-chment-spread. Stress falls on the second syllable of 'parchment' and the first syllable of 'spread'. It's a compound adjective formed from the root 'parch' and the suffix '-ment', combined with the root 'spread'.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Covered or coated with parchment

    “The parchment-spread table gleamed in the candlelight.”

    syn:parchmented
    ant:uncovered

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the second syllable of 'parchment' and the first syllable of 'spread'.

Syllables

3
par/pɑː/
chment/tʃmənt/
spread/sprɛd/

par — Open syllable, vowel followed by a consonant.. chment — Closed syllable, consonant cluster followed by a vowel and ending in a consonant.. spread — Closed syllable, consonant cluster followed by a vowel and ending in a consonant.

Word Parts

root

parch

Old English *perce*, ultimately from Latin *per-* and *carne*.

suf

ment

Old French *–ment*, from Latin *–mentum*

Similar Words

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Open Syllable

Vowel followed by a consonant.

Closed Syllable

Consonant cluster followed by a vowel and ending in a consonant.

  • Hyphenated compound word structure.
  • Digraph 'ch' representing a single phoneme.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/11/2025

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