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peștele-dracului

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

6 syllables
16 characters
Romanian
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6syllables

peșteledracului

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

peș-te-le-dra-cu-lui

Pronunciation

/peʃˈtele drakuˈluj/

Stress

010 010

Morphemes

peștele + -dracului

The Romanian compound noun 'peștele-dracului' (the devilfish) is syllabified as peș-te-le-dra-cu-lui, with stress on the penultimate syllable of each component. It's derived from Latin 'piscis' and Romanian 'drac'.

Definitions

noun phrase
  1. 1

    A very large or monstrous fish.

    The devilfish

    “A prins un pește-dracului!”

    syn:monstrul
    ant:îngerul

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of each component: *peș-te-le* and *dra-cu-lui*.

Syllables

6
peș/peʃ/
te/te/
le/le/
dra/dra/
cu/ku/
lui/luj/

peș — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant cluster.. te — Open syllable, vowel-consonant.. le — Open syllable, vowel-consonant.. dra — Open syllable, vowel-consonant.. cu — Open syllable, vowel-consonant.. lui — Open syllable, vowel-consonant.

Word Parts

root

peștele

From Latin *piscis* (fish).

suf

-dracului

From *drac* (devil) + genitive suffix *-ului*. Indicates possession.

Similar Words

car­teum­bre­lăcal­cu­la­tor

Vowel-Consonant Division

Syllables are generally divided after vowels.

Consonant Cluster Handling

Consonant clusters are maintained within a syllable unless they can be naturally broken based on pronunciation.

  • The 'ș' sound is a palato-alveolar fricative, characteristic of Romanian phonology.
  • The compound nature of the word requires considering the stress patterns of both components.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/7/2025

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