greenembroidered
The word 'green-embroidered' is a compound adjective divided into four syllables: green-em-broi-dered. Stress falls on 'broi'. Syllabification follows standard English rules of dividing around vowels and respecting diphthongs and consonant clusters. It's morphologically composed of the root 'green' and the root/suffix 'embroidered'.
Definitions
- 1
Decorated with green embroidery.
“She wore a beautiful green-embroidered shawl.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the second syllable of 'embroidered' ('broi').
Syllables
green — Open syllable, long vowel.. em — Closed syllable.. broi — Open syllable, diphthong.. dered — Closed syllable, 'er' coloring.
Similar Words
Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel (VCCV)
Syllable division occurs after the vowel.
Consonant-Vowel (CV)
Syllable division occurs before the vowel.
Diphthong Rule
Diphthongs generally stay within a single syllable.
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (CVCC)
Syllable division occurs before the final consonant cluster.
- The hyphenated nature of the word is an initial edge case, but syllabification applies across the entire string.
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