Words with Root “basour-” in French

The word 'abasourdissaient' is divided into five syllables: a-ba-sour-dis-sent. It's the third-person plural imperfect indicative of 'abasourdir', meaning 'to deafen'. Stress falls on the final syllable. The syllabification follows vowel-based division rules, keeping consonant clusters intact. Morphemically, it consists of a prefix 'a-', root 'basour-', and suffixes '-dis-' and '-sent'.