yellowfeathered
The compound adjective 'yellow-feathered' is syllabified as yel-low-feath-ered, with primary stress on 'yel' and secondary stress on 'feath'. It follows standard English vowel-consonant syllabification rules.
Definitions
- 1
Having yellow feathers; covered in or characterized by yellow feathers.
“The yellow-feathered canary sang sweetly.”
“A yellow-feathered bird landed on the branch.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the first syllable of 'yellow' (yel), and secondary stress on the first syllable of 'feathered' (feath).
Syllables
yel — Open syllable, initial syllable, stressed.. low — Open syllable, follows the stressed syllable.. feath — Open syllable, secondary stress.. ered — Closed syllable, final syllable.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables are typically divided after the vowel.
Open Syllable
Syllables ending in a vowel sound are considered open.
Closed Syllable
Syllables ending in a consonant sound are considered closed.
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