strangeplumaged
The word 'strange-plumaged' is divided into three syllables: strange-plum-aged. The stress falls on 'plum'. It's morphologically composed of a prefix 'strange', root 'plum', and suffix 'aged'. Syllable division follows standard English rules based on vowel-consonant patterns.
Definitions
- 1
Having plumage that is unusual or strikingly colored.
“The strange-plumaged bird attracted the attention of all the ornithologists.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the second syllable ('plum') of 'plumaged'. The overall stress pattern is 0-1-0.
Syllables
strange — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant cluster.. plum — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. aged — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant cluster.
Word Parts
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Vowel followed by consonant cluster
Syllables are divided after the vowel when followed by a consonant cluster (e.g., 'strange', 'aged').
Vowel followed by consonant
Syllables are divided after the vowel when followed by a single consonant (e.g., 'plum').
- The hyphen in 'strange-plumaged' is a visual cue but doesn't affect syllable division.
- The compound nature of the word doesn't alter the standard syllabification rules.
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