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floare-de-perină

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

6 syllables
16 characters
Romanian
Enriched
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “floare-de-perină” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
6syllables

floaredeperină

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

floa-re-de-pe-ri-nă

Pronunciation

/flo̯aˈre de peˈrinə/

Stress

010010

Morphemes

floare, perină

The word 'floare-de-perină' is a compound noun meaning 'petal'. It is divided into six syllables: floa-re-de-pe-ri-nă, with stress on the 'ri' syllable. The syllabification follows Romanian vowel-based rules, avoiding the breaking of consonant clusters. It's composed of Latin-derived roots 'floare' and 'perină' connected by the preposition 'de'.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    A single petal of a flower.

    petal

    “Petalele delicate de floare-de-perină cădeau ușor pe pământ.”

    “Culoarea floare-de-perină era un roz pal.”

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of 'perină' ('ri'), making it the stressed syllable in the entire compound.

Syllables

6
floa/flo̯a/
re/re/
de/de/
pe/pe/
ri/ri/
nă/nə/

floa — Open syllable, containing a diphthong.. re — Open syllable, containing a vowel.. de — Open syllable, containing a vowel.. pe — Open syllable, containing a vowel.. ri — Open syllable, containing a vowel, stressed syllable.. nă — Open syllable, containing a schwa vowel.

Vowel-Based Syllabification

Romanian syllabification prioritizes vowel sounds. Each vowel typically forms the nucleus of a syllable.

Avoidance of Complex Clusters

Consonant clusters are generally not broken unless they are complex or non-native to Romanian.

  • The compound nature of the word. Hyphenation is optional but doesn't affect syllabification.
  • The pronunciation of 'de' can be reduced to /d/ in rapid speech, but this doesn't alter the syllable division.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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