yellowflowering
The word 'yellow-flowering' is syllabified into 'yel-low-flow-er-ing' with primary stress on 'yel' and secondary stress on 'flow'. It's a compound adjective formed from 'yellow' and 'flowering', following standard US English syllabification rules based on vowel sounds and consonant clusters.
Definitions
- 1
Having yellow flowers; characterized by yellow flowers.
“The yellow-flowering shrub attracted many bees.”
“She admired the yellow-flowering meadow.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the first syllable of 'yellow' and secondary stress on the first syllable of 'flowering'.
Syllables
yel — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. low — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. flow — Open syllable, vowel preceded by consonant cluster.. er — Syllabic /r/, vowel followed by /r/.. ing — Closed syllable, vowel surrounded by consonants.
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Vowel-Consonant Division
Syllables are typically divided after a vowel sound.
Consonant Cluster Division
Vowels are followed by consonant clusters, forming separate syllables.
Syllabic /r/ Division
/r/ following a vowel can form a syllable on its own.
- The hyphenated compound structure requires treating 'yellow' and 'flowering' as relatively independent units for stress and initial syllabification.
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