écarquillassent
Syllables
é-car-quil-las-sent
Pronunciation
/e.kaʁ.ki.las.sɑ̃/
Stress
00001
Morphemes
é- + carquill- + -assent
The word 'écarquillassent' is a verb form divided into five syllables: é-car-quil-las-sent. Stress falls on the final syllable. The syllabification follows French rules prioritizing vowel sounds and maintaining consonant clusters. It's morphologically composed of a prefix, root, and suffix, and its meaning relates to widening or gaping.
Definitions
- 1
They were widening (their eyes), they were gaping.
They were widening/gaping.
“Les enfants écarquillassent les yeux de surprise.”
“Ils écarquillassent les lèvres pour chanter.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the final syllable '-sent', which is typical for French words.
Syllables
é — Open syllable, stressed.. car — Open syllable, unstressed.. quil — Closed syllable, unstressed.. las — Open syllable, unstressed.. sent — Closed syllable with nasal vowel, stressed.
Word Parts
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Open Syllables
Syllables ending in a vowel are generally open.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are maintained within a syllable unless they can be naturally separated by a vowel sound.
Final Syllable Stress
French typically stresses the final syllable of a word or phrase.
Nasal Vowels
Nasal vowels form a single syllable unit.
- The 'é' at the beginning of the word is a closed syllable, but the vowel sound is pronounced.
- The 'qu' digraph is treated as a single consonant sound.
- The imperfect subjunctive ending '-sent' is a common pattern in French verb conjugation.
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