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cafouillassions

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

4 syllables
15 characters
French
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4syllables

cafoujassions

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

ca-fou-ja-ssions

Pronunciation

/ka.fu.ja.sjɔ̃/

Stress

0001

Morphemes

fouiller + a-ss-ion-s

The word 'cafouillassions' is syllabified as 'ca-fou-ja-ssions'. It's the first-person plural present indicative of 'cafouiller', meaning 'we were rummaging'. Syllabification follows vowel-initial and consonant cluster maintenance rules, with stress on the final syllable.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To rummage around, to search thoroughly, to fuss over details.

    We were rummaging/searching/fussing.

    “Nous cafouillassions dans le grenier à la recherche de vieux souvenirs.”

    syn:fouillercherchertripoteréplucher
    ant:négligerignorer

Stress pattern

Stress falls on the last syllable (/sjɔ̃/) in French.

Syllables

4
ca/ka/
fou/fu/
ja/ʒa/
ssions/sjɔ̃/

ca — Open syllable, vowel-initial.. fou — Open syllable, vowel-initial.. ja — Open syllable, vowel-initial.. ssions — Closed syllable, ending in a consonant, with a nasal vowel nucleus.

Word Parts

root

fouiller

From Old French *fouiller*, ultimately from Latin *foveare* (to dig). Meaning: to rummage, to search.

suf

a-ss-ion-s

a-: thematic vowel; ss-: reduplication; ion-: nominalizing suffix (Latin origin); s-: 3rd person plural present indicative

Similar Words

ques­tion­nionse­fa­çonsré­qui­si­tion­nons

Vowel-Initial Syllables

Each vowel sound generally begins a new syllable.

Consonant Cluster Maintenance

Consonant clusters are kept together within a syllable unless they are too complex to pronounce as a unit.

Nasal Vowel Nucleus

Nasal vowels form the nucleus of a syllable.

  • The 'ss' cluster is a reduplication, intensifying the verb. French syllabification is primarily based on phonetics, but we are constrained to use the original letters.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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