simpatikotonica
Syllables
sim-pa-ti-ko-to-ni-ca
Pronunciation
/sim.pa.ti.ko.toˈni.ka/
Stress
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Morphemes
simpa- + -tico- + -tonica
The word 'simpaticotonica' is an Italian adjective meaning 'extremely sympathetic'. It is divided into seven syllables: sim-pa-ti-ko-to-ni-ca, with stress on the penultimate syllable. It is formed from Latin and Greek roots, and its syllabification follows standard Italian vowel-initial syllable rules.
Definitions
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Extremely pleasant, charming, or likeable; exceptionally sympathetic.
Extremely sympathetic/pleasant/charming
“Era una persona simpaticotonica che metteva tutti a loro agio.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'to' in 'to-ni-ca'.
Syllables
sim — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. pa — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. ti — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. ko — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. to — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. ni — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. ca — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Initial Syllable
Each vowel generally begins a new syllable.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are broken according to sonority, but Italian tends to favor keeping common clusters within a syllable.
- The word's length and agglutinative nature are the main considerations, but the rules of Italian syllabification are consistently applied.
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