quintuplicaseis
Syllables
quin-tu-pli-ca-se-is
Pronunciation
/kin.tu.pli.kaˈse.is/
Stress
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Morphemes
quintu- + plic- + -icaseis
The word 'quintuplicaseis' is divided into six syllables: quin-tu-pli-ca-se-is. The primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'se'. It's a noun formed from Latin roots and Spanish suffixes, meaning 'fivefold repetitions'.
Definitions
- 1
Fivefold repetitions or quintuples.
Fivefold repetitions
“Los quintuplicaseis de la operación fueron cruciales.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'se', following the standard Spanish rule for words ending in a vowel, 'n', or 's'.
Syllables
quin — Open syllable, no stress.. tu — Open syllable, no stress.. pli — Closed syllable, no stress.. ca — Open syllable, no stress.. se — Closed syllable, primary stress.. is — Closed syllable, no stress.
Word Parts
CV/CVC Syllabification
Consonants are generally assigned to the following vowel to create CV or CVC syllables.
Maximizing Onsets
The principle of maximizing onsets is applied to create syllables with permissible structures.
Stress Placement
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable in this case, as the word ends in 's'.
- The combination of suffixes is somewhat unusual but follows standard Spanish derivational morphology.
- The word is relatively uncommon, but does not violate any core syllabification rules.
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