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démouscaillassent

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

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

démouscaillejassent

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

dé-mous-caille-jas-sent

Pronunciation

/de.mu.skaj.jas.sɑ̃/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

dé- + mouscaille- + -assent

The word 'démouscaillassent' is a verb form divided into five syllables (dé-mous-caille-jas-sent) with stress on the final syllable. It follows standard French syllabification rules, prioritizing vowel sounds and treating consonant clusters as units.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    They were descaleing/removing scales.

    They were descaleing/removing scales.

    “Si les poissons étaient sales, ils démouscaillassent les écailles.”

    ant:écaille

Stress pattern

Stress falls on the last syllable, '-sent', which is typical for French verbs.

Syllables

5
dé/de/
mous/mu/
caille/kaj/
jas/ʒas/
sent/sɑ̃/

dé — Open syllable, prefix.. mous — Open syllable, part of the root.. caille — Closed syllable, part of the root, contains 'sk' cluster.. jas — Closed syllable, inflectional suffix.. sent — Closed syllable, inflectional suffix, stressed syllable.

Word Parts

pre

dé-

Latin origin, indicates reversal/removal.

root

mouscaille-

Origin uncertain, related to scales.

suf

-assent

Inflectional suffix indicating third-person plural imperfect subjunctive.

Similar Words

dé­mous­sai­llerdé­mag­né­ti­serdé­cou­sai­ller

Vowel-Centered Syllabification

Syllables are built around vowel sounds.

Consonant Cluster Treatment

Consonant clusters like 'sk' are treated as single units.

  • The verb 'démouscailler' is relatively uncommon.
  • The imperfect subjunctive form adds to the complexity.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/7/2025

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