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legationssekreterare

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8 syllables
20 characters
Swedish
Enriched
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “legationssekreterare” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
8syllables

legationssekreterare

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

le-ga-tions-sek-re-te-ra-re

Pronunciation

/lɛɡaˈtɪɔːnsˌsɛkrɛˈtɛːrɛ/

Stress

00100100

Morphemes

legations- + sekreterare

The word 'legationssekreterare' is a compound noun syllabified as le-ga-tions-sek-re-te-ra-re, with primary stress on '-te-'. It's composed of the prefix 'legations-' and the root 'sekreterare', and its syllabification follows the rules of vowel nuclei and consonant cluster maintenance in Swedish.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    A secretary working at a legation (diplomatic mission).

    Legation secretary

    “Han arbetar som legationssekreterare på den svenska ambassaden.”

    syn:beskickningssekreterare

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable ('te').

Syllables

8
le/lɛ/
ga/ɡa/
tions/tɪɔːns/
sek/sɛk/
re/rɛ/
te/tɛː/
ra/ra/
re/rɛ/

le — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.. ga — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.. tions — Closed syllable, consonant cluster maintained.. sek — Closed syllable, consonant cluster maintained.. re — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.. te — Open, stressed syllable, vowel nucleus.. ra — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.. re — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.

Word Parts

pre

legations-

Derived from French 'légation' and Latin 'legatio', meaning 'legation'.

root

sekreterare

Derived from German 'Sekretär' and Latin 'secretarius', meaning 'secretary'.

Similar Words

in­for­ma­tions­ut­by­teu­ni­ver­si­te­ts­om­rå­detad­mi­ni­stra­tio­nen

Vowel Nucleus Rule

Syllables are formed around a vowel nucleus. Each syllable must contain at least one vowel.

Consonant Cluster Maintenance

Consonant clusters are generally maintained within a syllable unless they are easily divisible by a schwa-like vowel.

  • Swedish allows for complex consonant clusters, which are preserved during syllabification.
  • Regional variations in vowel pronunciation may exist but do not typically affect syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/20/2025

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