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cântarul-pietrelor

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7 syllables
18 characters
Romanian
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7syllables

cântarulpietrelor

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

cân-tar-ul-pi-e-trel-or

Pronunciation

/kɨnˈtarul pi.eˈtrelor/

Stress

100 010

Morphemes

cânt- / pietr- + -arul / -elor

The word 'cântarul-pietrelor' is a compound noun divided into seven syllables: cân-tar-ul-pi-e-trel-or. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable of 'cântarul' and the antepenultimate syllable of 'pietrelor'. The word is morphologically composed of Latin-derived roots and suffixes. Syllabification follows vowel placement and consonant cluster resolution rules.

Definitions

Noun Phrase
  1. 1

    The scale of stones

    The scale of stones

    “Am verificat cântarul-pietrelor pentru a ne asigura de acuratețe.”

    “Cântarul-pietrelor arăta o greutate considerabilă.”

    syn:balanța pietrelorgreutatea pietrelor
    ant:ușurința pietrelor

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of 'cântarul' (cân-ta-rul) and on the antepenultimate syllable of 'pietrelor' (pi-e-tre-lor).

Syllables

7
cân/kɨn/
tar/tar/
ul/ul/
pi/pi/
e/e/
trel/trel/
or/or/

cân — Open syllable, initial consonant.. tar — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ul — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. pi — Open syllable, initial consonant.. e — Open syllable, single vowel.. trel — Closed syllable, consonant cluster followed by vowel.. or — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.

Word Parts

root

cânt- / pietr-

cânt- from Latin *cantare* (to sing, to weigh); pietr- from Latin *petra* (stone)

suf

-arul / -elor

Latin origin; -arul forms masculine nouns denoting instruments; -elor is the genitive plural ending

Similar Words

cân­tă­re­țulpi­e­tre­lecă­rți­le

Vowel Placement

Syllables are generally divided around vowels.

Consonant Cluster Resolution

Consonant clusters are resolved based on sonority, with the most sonorous sound initiating the next syllable.

Compound Word Syllabification

Compound words are treated as a single unit for syllabification, but individual morphemes influence the division.

  • The hyphen in the compound word is ignored for syllabification purposes. Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is a common feature of Romanian pronunciation, but doesn't affect the written syllable division.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/6/2025

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