șaptesprezece
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
- 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
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.
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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.
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