peacockfeathered
The word 'peacock-feathered' is divided into five syllables: pe-a-cock-feath-ered. The primary stress falls on 'feathered', with secondary stress on 'peacock'. It's a compound adjective formed from 'peacock' and 'feathered', following standard English syllabification rules.
Definitions
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the second syllable of 'feathered' (/ˈfeð.əd/), secondary stress on the first syllable of 'peacock' (/ˌpiː.kɒk/).
Syllables
pe — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. a — Open syllable, schwa sound.. cock — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel-consonant.. feath — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonants.. ered — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonants.
Word Parts
V-C-V
When a word has a vowel-consonant-vowel pattern, it is divided between the vowels.
V
Single vowel syllables are separated.
C-V-C
Syllables with consonant-vowel-consonant patterns are divided between the vowels.
- The hyphenated nature of the word is a morphological feature, not a syllabic one. Syllabification proceeds as if the word were a single unit.
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