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Aussprache von flour vs flower

Zentraler Aussprachekontrast

Homophones (⁄flaʊ.ɚ⁄): ‘flour’ is milled baking powder; ‘flower’ is the bloom of a plant.

Lautkontrast: Homophones: identical ⁄flaʊ.ɚ⁄

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flour

⁄ˈflaʊər⁄

Silben

FLOUR

Definition:

Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

“Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”
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flower

⁄ˈflaʊ.ər⁄

Silben

FLOW·er

Definition:

A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.

“O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot / How fraile a flower thou doſt ſo highly prize: / Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot / That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes.”

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Häufig gestellte Fragen: flour vs flower

Was ist der Ausspracheunterschied zwischen "flour" und "flower"?

Homophones (⁄flaʊ.ɚ⁄): ‘flour’ is milled baking powder; ‘flower’ is the bloom of a plant.

Wo liegt die Silbenbetonung bei "flour" vs "flower"?

"flour" hat 1 Silbe(n) (flour) mit Betonung auf "FLOUR". "flower" hat 2 Silbe(n) (flow · er) mit Betonung auf "FLOW".

Warum verwechseln Englischlernende "flour" und "flower" oft?

Lernende verwechseln sie häufig wegen des ähnlichen Lautkontrasts: Homophones: identical ⁄flaʊ.ɚ⁄. Im schnellen Englisch helfen Kontext und Vokallänge.

Welche Beispielsätze gibt es für "flour" und "flower"?

Beispiel für "flour": "Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe." Beispiel für "flower": "O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot / How fraile a flower thou doſt ſo highly prize: / Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot / That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes."