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attendrissaient

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5 syllables
15 characters
French
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5syllables

attendrissaient

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

at-ten-dris-sai-ent

Pronunciation

/a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ̃.t/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

tendr + issaient

The word 'attendrissaient' is a verb in the imperfect indicative. It is divided into five syllables: at-ten-dris-sai-ent. Stress falls on the final syllable. The syllabification follows standard French rules of vowel break and onset maximization. The word is derived from the Latin 'tener' and consists of a root and several suffixes indicating tense, mood, and person.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To be softening, to be sweetening, to be making tender.

    Were softening, were sweetening.

    “Les couleurs s'attendrissaient au coucher du soleil.”

    “Ses traits s'attendrissaient lorsqu'elle parlait de ses enfants.”

    syn:adoucirsucrer
    ant:durciraigrir

Stress pattern

Stress falls on the final syllable '-ent', which is typical for French.

Syllables

5
at/a/
ten/tɑ̃/
dris/dʁi/
sai/sɛ̃/
ent/t/

at — Open syllable, initial syllable.. ten — Closed syllable, containing a nasal vowel.. dris — Closed syllable, with a consonant cluster onset.. sai — Open syllable, containing a nasal vowel.. ent — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.

Word Parts

root

tendr

From Latin *tener* - tender, soft. Lexical root.

suf

issaient

Imperfect indicative ending: -i- (thematic vowel), -ss- (imperfect marker), -aient (3rd person plural)

Similar Words

fin­is­sai­entchoi­sis­sai­entgran­dis­sai­ent

Vowel Break

Each vowel sound generally forms a syllable.

Onset Maximization

Consonant clusters are maximized as onsets where possible.

Consonant-Vowel Pattern

Syllables generally follow a consonant-vowel (CV) pattern.

  • Nasal vowels /ɑ̃/ and /ɛ̃/ require specific phonetic transcription.
  • Imperfect tense endings can be subject to elision in rapid speech.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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