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désenlaidissions

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

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

désénlaidissions

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

dé-sén-lai-dis-sions

Pronunciation

/de.z‿ɑ̃.lɛ.di.sjɔ̃/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

dés- + enlaid- + -issons

The word 'désenlaidissions' is syllabified as 'dé-sén-lai-dis-sions'. It's a verb form with a prefix 'dés-', root 'enlaid-', and suffix '-issons'. Stress falls on the final syllable. Syllabification follows vowel-based rules and consonant cluster rules, with liaison occurring between 'dé' and 'en'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    We were making less beautiful

    We were making less beautiful

    “Si nous avions le temps, nous désenlaidissions la vieille maison.”

Stress pattern

Stress falls on the final syllable '-ssions', typical of French.

Syllables

5
dé/de/
sén/zɑ̃/
lai/lɛ/
dis/di/
sions/sjɔ̃/

dé — Open syllable, initial syllable.. sén — Closed syllable, liaison with preceding syllable.. lai — Open syllable.. dis — Open syllable.. sions — Closed syllable, final syllable, stressed.

Vowel-Based Syllabification

Syllables are formed around vowel sounds. Each vowel typically forms the nucleus of a syllable.

Consonant Cluster Rule

Consonant clusters following a vowel form a syllable, unless they can be broken down into pronounceable consonant-vowel sequences.

Liaison

Consonants at the end of one word can link to vowels at the beginning of the next, affecting pronunciation but not orthographic syllabification.

  • Liaison between 'dé' and 'en' is a common phonetic feature.
  • The '-sions' ending is a typical verb conjugation and doesn't pose a unique syllabification challenge.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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