agenouillierions
Syllables
a-ge-nou-il-lie-rions
Pronunciation
/a.ʒə.nu.je.ʁjɔ̃/
Stress
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Morphemes
a- + genou + -iller-ions
The word 'agenouillerions' is a first-person plural conditional verb meaning 'we would kneel'. It is divided into six syllables: a-ge-nou-il-lie-rions, with stress on the penultimate syllable. The syllabification follows standard French rules of maximizing onsets and treating vowels as syllables, with considerations for the pronunciation of 'g' and the syllabic 'r'.
Definitions
- 1
To kneel, to bend the knee; in the conditional, 'we would kneel'.
We would kneel
“Nous agenouillerions devant le roi.”
“Si nous étions croyants, nous agenouillerions en prière.”
ant:se relever
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('lie').
Syllables
a — Open syllable, single vowel.. ge — Closed syllable, 'g' pronounced as /ʒ/ before 'e'. nou — Open syllable, consonant-vowel combination.. il — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel combination.. lie — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel combination, palatalization of 'i' before 'e'. rions — Closed syllable, consonant-vowel-nasal vowel combination, syllabic 'r'
Word Parts
Similar Words
Vowel as Syllable
Single vowels typically form their own syllables.
Consonant-Vowel (CV) Combination
Consonants followed by vowels generally form a syllable.
Maximizing Onsets
French syllabification tends to maximize the number of onsets.
Syllabic 'r'
The 'r' sound can sometimes form a syllable with the following vowel.
- Pronunciation of 'g' as /ʒ/ before 'e'.
- Nasal vowel /ɔ̃/ in 'rions'.
- Conditional ending '-ions' influencing stress.
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