émoustillassions
Syllables
é-mous-til-las-sions
Pronunciation
/e.mu.sti.la.sjɔ̃/
Stress
00100
Morphemes
é- + moustill- + -assions
The word 'émoustillassions' is divided into five syllables: é-mous-til-las-sions. It's the first-person plural imperfect indicative of 'émoustiller' and is stressed on the 'til' syllable. The syllabification follows standard French vowel and consonant cluster rules.
Definitions
- 1
We were tickling/teasing.
We were tickling/teasing
“Nous émoustillassions le chat avec une plume.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('til'), following the penultimate stress rule for French.
Syllables
é — Open syllable, initial vowel.. mous — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. til — Open syllable, consonant followed by vowel, stressed.. las — Open syllable, consonant followed by vowel.. sions — Closed syllable, consonant cluster and nasal vowel.
Word Parts
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Vowel Rule
Each vowel sound generally constitutes a syllable.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are generally kept together within a syllable unless easily separable.
Penultimate Stress Rule
French generally stresses the last syllable of a word or the penultimate syllable if the last syllable is a schwa.
- Initial 'é-' can be elided in rapid speech but still forms a syllable for syllabification.
- Nasal vowel /ɔ̃/ in 'sions' doesn't affect syllabification.
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