viperăcucorn
The word 'viperă-cu-corn' is a compound noun meaning 'horned viper'. It is divided into five syllables: vi-pe-ră-cu-corn, with primary stress on 'corn'. Syllabification follows vowel-based rules, allowing consonant clusters in the coda.
Definitions
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A snake of the viper family possessing horns above its eyes.
Horned viper
“Vipera cu corn este o specie periculoasă.”
“Am văzut o viperă-cu-corn în grădină.”
syn:șarpe cu coarne
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('corn').
Syllables
vi — Open syllable, vowel initiates the syllable.. pe — Open syllable, vowel initiates the syllable.. ră — Open syllable, vowel initiates the syllable, reduced vowel.. cu — Open syllable, vowel initiates the syllable.. corn — Closed syllable, consonant cluster 'rn' permissible in coda.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Based Syllabification
Each vowel sound generally forms the nucleus of a syllable.
Consonant Cluster Permissibility
Romanian allows certain consonant clusters in syllable codas.
- The hyphenated structure is common in Romanian compound nouns and doesn't affect core syllabification rules.
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