Words with Root “vent-” in English (US)

The word 'hyperventilation' is divided into six syllables: hy-per-ven-ti-la-tion. It consists of the Greek prefix 'hyper-', the Latin root 'vent-', and the Latin suffix '-ilation'. Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable. Syllable division follows standard English rules of onset-rime and vowel-consonant division.

Noninterventionalist is a 7-syllable word (non-in-ter-ven-tion-al-ist) with primary stress on 'ven' and secondary stress on 'non' and 'in'. It combines two Latin prefixes (non-, inter-), a Latin root (vent-), and three suffixes (-ion, -al, -ist). The syllabification follows morphological boundaries, keeping each prefix and suffix as a distinct syllable unit. IPA: /ˌnɒnˌɪntərˈvenʃənəlɪst/.