About "plight"
How to Split "plight" into Syllables
The word plight is divided into 1 syllables: plight. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.
📝 Syllable Breakdown
- plight — 1st syllable
🔊 Pronunciation Guide
The phonetic transcription of plight:
- IPA: /plaɪt/
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📖 Definitions
- A dire or unfortunate situation. [from 14th c.]
- plight (third-person singular simple present plights, present participle plighting, simple past and past participle plighted)
📚 Word Origin & History
From Middle English plit (“fold, wrinkle, bad situation”), conflation of Middle English pliht, plight (“risky promise, peril”) (from Old English pliht "danger, risk"; see Etymology 2) and Anglo-Norman plit, plyte (“fold, condition”), from Old French pleit (“condition, manner of folding”) (from Vulgar Latin *plictum, from Latin plicitum (“fold”)). From Middle English plight (“risk, danger”), from Old English pliht (“peril, risk, danger, damage, plight”), from Proto-Wes...
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📊 Similar Words Comparison
Compare plight with related words to understand syllable patterns:
| Word | Syllables | Division |
|---|---|---|
| plight | 1 | plight |
| philologist | 4 | phi-lo-lo-gist |
| palisade | 4 | pa-li-sa-de |
| playact | 1 | playact |
| pulsate | 3 | pul-sa-te |
🔗 Related Words
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