beggarmyneighbor
The word 'beggar-my-neighbor' is divided into five syllables based on vowel sounds and consonant clusters, following standard English syllabification rules. Primary stress falls on 'beg' and 'neigh'. It's a compound noun with roots in Old English and Old French.
Definitions
- 1
A card game in which players try to avoid being left with the lowest card.
“We spent the evening playing beggar-my-neighbor.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the first syllable of 'beggar' and the second syllable of 'neighbor'.
Syllables
beg — Closed syllable, CVC structure, soft 'g' sound.. gar — Closed syllable, CVC structure.. my — Open syllable, diphthong.. neigh — Open syllable, diphthong.. bor — Closed syllable, CVC structure.
CVC Syllable Division
Syllables are divided before and after consonants in CVC patterns.
Open Syllable Division
Syllables are divided after vowels in open syllables (vowel-glide).
- The hyphenated nature of the compound word does not alter the basic syllabification rules applied to each component.
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