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arrière-petite-fille

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7 syllables
20 characters
French
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7syllables

arrièrepetitfille

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

a-rri-ère-pe-tit-fil-le

Pronunciation

/a.ʁjɛʁ.pə.tit.fij/

Stress

001001

Morphemes

arrière- + fille + petite-

The word 'arrière-petite-fille' is syllabified as a-rri-ère-pe-tit-fil-le, with stress on the final syllable '-fille'. It's a compound noun formed from the prefixes 'arrière-' and 'petite-' and the root 'fille'. Syllabification follows vowel-based rules and respects morpheme boundaries indicated by hyphens.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    Great-granddaughter

    arrière-petite-fille

    “Elle est l'arrière-petite-fille de Marie.”

    syn:arrière-petite-enfant
    ant:arrière-grand-mèrearrière-grand-père

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the last syllable '-fille'. The other syllables are unstressed.

Syllables

3
a-rri-ère/a.ʁjɛʁ/
pe-tit/pə.tit/
fil-le/fij/

a-rri-ère — Open syllable, initial vowel, stressed in the compound.. pe-tit — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. fil-le — Closed syllable, final consonant, primary stress.

Word Parts

pre

arrière-

Old French origin, indicates a distant relationship.

root

fille

Latin 'filia', meaning daughter.

suf

petite-

Old French origin, indicates a generational step.

Similar Words

gr­and­mèrepe­tit­filsa­rri­ère­grand­père

Vowel Rule

Each vowel sound generally forms a syllable.

Consonant Cluster Rule

Consonant clusters are kept together unless complex.

Hyphenated Compound Rule

Hyphens indicate morpheme boundaries, syllabifying each independently.

  • Uvular 'r' sound can influence perception of boundaries.
  • Liaison possibilities do not alter core syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/5/2025

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