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cinquante-quatre

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

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

cinquantequatre

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

cin-quan-te-qua-tre

Pronunciation

/sɛ̃.tɑ̃t.katʁ/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

cinq- + qua- + -tre

The word 'cinquante-quatre' is divided into five syllables: cin-quan-te-qua-tre. Stress falls on the final syllable 'tre'. It's a compound numeral with Latin origins, and its syllabification follows the standard French vowel nucleus rule.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Fifty-four

    Fifty-four

    “J'ai cinquante-quatre ans.”

    “Il y a cinquante-quatre élèves dans la classe.”

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the final syllable 'tre'.

Syllables

5
cin/sɛ̃/
quan/tɑ̃/
te/tə/
qua/kwa/
tre/tʁə/

cin — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. quan — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. te — Open syllable, schwa vowel.. qua — Open syllable.. tre — Open syllable, schwa vowel.

Word Parts

pre

cinq-

From Latin *quinque* meaning 'five', numeral prefix.

root

qua-

From Latin *quattuor* meaning 'four', numeral root.

suf

-tre

Historical suffix forming the numeral.

Similar Words

tren­te­deusoi­xan­te­dixqua­tre­vingt­dix

Vowel Nucleus Rule

Syllables are formed around vowel nuclei. Each vowel forms the core of a syllable.

  • The hyphen does not alter the syllabification based on vowel nuclei.
  • Nasal vowels require consideration but do not change the syllable division process.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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