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anti-sous-marins

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

5 syllables
16 characters
French
Enriched
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “anti-sous-marins” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
5syllables

antisoumarrins

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

an-ti-sou-mar-rins

Pronunciation

/ɑ̃.ti.su.ma.ʁɛ̃/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

anti- + sous-mar- + -ins

The word 'anti-sous-marins' is divided into five syllables: an-ti-sou-mar-rins. Stress falls on the final syllable. Syllabification follows vowel-based rules, with consonant clusters maintained within syllables. The word is a compound noun formed from Greek, French, and Latin roots.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    Relating to or used for detecting or destroying submarines.

    Relating to or used for detecting or destroying submarines.

    “Les navires anti-sous-marins patrouillaient dans le détroit.”

    “L'aviation anti-sous-marins a détecté un sous-marin ennemi.”

Stress pattern

Stress falls on the final syllable '-rins', typical for French nouns.

Syllables

5
an/ɑ̃/
ti/ti/
sou/su/
mar/maʁ/
rins/ʁɛ̃/

an — Open syllable, vowel sound as nucleus.. ti — Open syllable, vowel sound as nucleus.. sou — Open syllable, vowel sound as nucleus.. mar — Open syllable, vowel sound as nucleus.. rins — Closed syllable, consonant cluster at the end.

Vowel-Based Syllabification

Each vowel sound generally forms the nucleus of a syllable.

Consonant Cluster Handling

Consonant clusters are maintained within a syllable unless they create an impossible onset or coda.

  • The compound nature of the word does not introduce any specific syllabification exceptions.
  • Liaison occurs in pronunciation but does not affect the written syllable division.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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