sapphirecolored
The word 'sapphire-colored' is a compound adjective divided into five syllables: sap-phi-re-col-ored. Stress falls on the first syllable of each component. It's formed from the root 'sapphire' and 'color' with the adjectival suffix '-ed'. Syllable division follows standard VCV, CV, and CVC rules.
Definitions
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Having the deep blue color of a sapphire
“She wore a sapphire-colored dress.”
“The lake was a sapphire-colored expanse.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the first syllable of 'sapphire' and the first syllable of 'colored'
Syllables
sap — Open syllable, stressed. phi — Diphthong, unstressed. re — Closed syllable, unstressed. col — Open syllable, stressed. ored — Closed syllable, unstressed
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VCV Rule
Syllable division occurs before the vowel in the second syllable when a word has a vowel-consonant-vowel pattern.
CV Rule
Consonant-Vowel combinations form a syllable.
CVC Rule
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant combinations form a syllable.
- The hyphen in 'sapphire-colored' doesn't affect the underlying syllabification rules, but it visually separates the two modifying elements.
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