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șapte-sprezece

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5 syllables
14 characters
Romanian
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5syllables

șaptesprezece

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

șap-te-spre-ze-ce

Pronunciation

/ˈʃapte ˈspre.ze.t͡ʃe/

Stress

00100

Morphemes

spre + șapte/zece + -ce

The word 'șapte-sprezece' (seventeen) is syllabified as șap-te-spre-ze-ce, with primary stress on 'ze'. It follows standard Romanian syllabification rules prioritizing vowels and maximizing onsets. It's a compound numeral with Slavic and Latin roots.

Definitions

numeral
  1. 1

    Cardinal numeral representing the quantity seventeen.

    seventeen

    Am șapte-sprezece ani.

    Sunt șapte-sprezece elevi în clasă.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('ze').

Syllables

5
șap/ʃap/
te/te/
spre/spre/
ze/ze/
t͡ʃe/t͡ʃe/

șap Open syllable, onset 'ʃ', rime 'ap'.. te Open syllable, onset 't', rime 'e'.. spre Onset-Rime structure, 'sp' consonant cluster onset, 're' rime.. ze Open syllable, onset 'z', rime 'e', primary stress.. t͡ʃe Onset-Rime structure, 't͡ʃ' affricate onset, 'e' rime.

Vowel-Centric Syllabification

Romanian prioritizes vowels as syllable nuclei.

Onset Maximization

Consonant clusters are maximized within the onset position.

Sonority Sequencing Principle

Within consonant clusters, sounds are ordered by decreasing sonority.

  • The compound nature of the word does not introduce any exceptional syllabification rules.
  • Regional variations in vowel pronunciation may exist but do not affect the core syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/13/2025

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