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commissionnâmes

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

5 syllables
15 characters
French
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5syllables

commissionnâmes

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

com-mis-sion-nâ-mes

Pronunciation

/kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃.na.me/

Stress

00100

Morphemes

com- + miss- + -ion

The word 'commissionnâmes' is divided into five syllables: com-mis-sion-nâ-mes. The stress falls on 'sion'. It's a verb in the past historic tense, derived from Latin roots, and follows standard French syllabification rules prioritizing vowel nuclei and maximizing onsets.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To entrust a task or responsibility to someone.

    To commission

    “Nous leur commissionnâmes la construction du pont.”

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'sion'.

Syllables

5
com/kɔ̃/
mis/mi/
sion/sjɔ̃/
nâ/na/
mes/me/

com — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. mis — Open syllable.. sion — Closed syllable, nasal vowel.. nâ — Open syllable.. mes — Open syllable, clitic pronoun.

Maximizing Onsets

French favors maximizing consonant clusters in the onset of a syllable.

Vowel Nucleus

Each syllable must contain a vowel nucleus.

Avoidance of Illegal Syllable Structures

French avoids syllable structures with too many consonants in the coda.

  • The double 'n' in 'commission' creates a consonant cluster.
  • The past historic ending '-nâmes' is archaic and rarely used in modern spoken French.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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