chickenheartedness
Syllables
chick-en-heart-ed-ness
Pronunciation
/ˈtʃɪkɪn ˈhɑːrtɪdnəs/
Stress
10010
Morphemes
heart + -ed,-ness
The word 'chicken-heartedness' is syllabified as chick-en-heart-ed-ness, with primary stress on the first syllable of 'chicken' and 'hearted'. It follows standard English syllabification rules and demonstrates a typical pattern of suffixation and stress assignment.
Definitions
- 1
The state of being lacking in courage; cowardice.
“His chicken-heartedness prevented him from speaking up.”
“She overcame her chicken-heartedness and faced her fears.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the first syllable of 'chicken' and the first syllable of 'hearted'.
Syllables
chick — Open syllable, onset /tʃ/, nucleus /ɪ/, coda /k/.. en — Closed syllable, onset /ɪ/, nucleus /n/.. heart — Closed syllable, onset /h/, nucleus /ɑː/, coda /rt/.. ed — Closed syllable, onset /ɪ/, nucleus /d/.. ness — Closed syllable, onset /n/, nucleus /ə/, coda /s/
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Vowel-Consonant Division
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