rainthreatening
The word 'rain-threatening' is divided into four syllables: rain-threat-en-ing. The primary stress falls on 'threat'. It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'rain-', the root 'threat-', and the suffixes '-en-' and '-ing'. The syllabification follows standard English rules based on vowel-consonant patterns.
Definitions
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the second syllable ('threat'). The other syllables are unstressed.
Syllables
rain — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. threat — Closed syllable, consonant cluster, vowel, consonant.. en — Open syllable, weak syllable, vowel following a consonant.. ing — Closed syllable, weak syllable, vowel followed by nasal consonant cluster.
Word Parts
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Vowel + Consonant
Syllables are divided after a vowel followed by a consonant (e.g., 'rain').
Consonant Cluster + Vowel + Consonant
Syllables are divided around vowel sounds within consonant clusters (e.g., 'threat').
- The compound nature of 'rain-' as a single morpheme.
- Potential reduction of '-en-' to /n/ in rapid speech, but maintained for detailed analysis.
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