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défeuillassions

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

défeuillassions

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

dé-feu-il-las-sions

Pronunciation

/de.fœ.ja.sɔ̃/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

dé- + feuille- + -ass-ions

The word 'défeuillassions' is a verb in the imperfect subjunctive, 1st person plural. It is divided into five syllables: dé-feu-il-las-sions, with stress on the final syllable. The syllabification follows the rules of maximizing onsets and separating consonant-vowel sequences. The morphemic analysis reveals a prefix 'dé-', root 'feuille-', and suffixes '-ass-' and '-ions'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To be defoliating (leaves), to be stripping leaves from.

    We were defoliating / We used to defoliate.

    “Nous défeuillassions les arbres pour les préparer à l'hiver.”

    ant:feuiller

Stress pattern

The primary stress falls on the last syllable, 'sions'.

Syllables

5
dé/de/
feu/fœ/
il/il/
las/las/
sions/sɔ̃/

dé — Open syllable, onset consonant.. feu — Open syllable, onset consonant.. il — Closed syllable, onset consonant.. las — Closed syllable, onset consonant.. sions — Closed syllable, nasal vowel, stressed syllable.

Word Parts

pre

dé-

Latin origin, meaning 'removal', 'reversal', or 'completion'. Verbal prefix.

root

feuille-

Latin *folium*, meaning 'leaf'. Noun stem.

suf

-ass-ions

Latin origin. -ass- is iterative/frequentative, -ions is 1st person plural imperfect subjunctive.

Similar Words

dé­co­lo­ra­tionsré­a­li­sa­tionsef­feu­il­la­ges

Maximizing Onsets

French generally prefers to maximize the number of consonants in the onset of a syllable.

Vowel-initial Syllables

Syllables beginning with a vowel are permissible.

Consonant-Vowel Sequence

Consonant-vowel sequences are typically divided into separate syllables.

Nasal Vowels

Nasal vowels form the nucleus of a syllable.

  • The 'ill' sequence could be analyzed as a diphthong, but is treated as two separate vowels.
  • The nasal vowel /ɔ̃/ in 'sions' requires careful pronunciation.
  • The verb 'défeuiller' is relatively uncommon.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/10/2025

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