brouillonnaient
The word 'brouillonnaient' is divided into four syllables: brou-il-lon-naient. It's the imperfect indicative of 'brouillonner', with stress on the final syllable. Syllabification follows the vowel nucleus rule, allowing consonant clusters at syllable boundaries and treating diphthongs as single vowel sounds.
Definitions
- 1
To scribble, to rough out, to make a messy draft.
Were scribbling, were drafting.
“Les enfants brouillonnaient sur leurs cahiers.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the final syllable '-aient' as is typical in French.
Syllables
brou — Open syllable, consonant cluster at the beginning.. il — Closed syllable, containing a diphthong.. lon — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. naient — Closed syllable, nasal vowel, silent 't' at the end.
Word Parts
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Vowel Nucleus Rule
Each syllable must contain a vowel nucleus.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are permitted at the beginning and end of syllables.
Nasal Vowel Rule
Nasal vowels form a syllable nucleus.
Diphthong Rule
Diphthongs are treated as a single vowel sound for syllabification.
- The silent 't' at the end of '-naient' does not create a separate syllable.
- The 'oi' diphthong is treated as a single vowel sound.
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