Words with Suffix “--rass-” in French
Browse French words ending with the suffix “--rass-”, complete with pronunciations, syllable breakdowns, and linguistic insights.
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--rass- From Old French *resser* - to gather, collect. Inflectional suffix indicating a reflexive or iterative action.
The word 'contrecarrasses' is syllabified as con-tre-car-ras-ses, with stress on 'ras'. It's the 3rd person plural present indicative of 'contrecarrasser', meaning 'they thwart'. Syllabification follows French rules of maximizing onsets and respecting vowel sequences.
The word 'enregistrassiez' is a conjugated verb form with five syllables: en-re-gis-tras-siez. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. It's formed from the prefix 'en-', the root 'regist-', the iterative suffix '-rass-', and the subjunctive ending '-iez'. Syllable division follows French rules of onset maximization and avoiding stranded consonants.