Hyphenation ofdépressionnaire

Linguistic Analysis of "dépressionnaire"

1. Examination & Pronunciation:

The word "dépressionnaire" is a French adjective/noun meaning "depressive" or "someone prone to depression." Its pronunciation involves nasal vowels and liaison possibilities, typical of French.

2. Syllable Division:

Following French syllabification rules, which prioritize vowel sounds and avoid breaking consonant clusters unless they are pronounceable as separate syllables, the word divides as follows (see JSON output for the orthographic representation).

3. Morphemic Analysis:

• Prefix: dé- (Latin de- meaning "down from," "away from"). Function: negation or reversal.
• Root: pres- (Latin pressus meaning "pressed, afflicted"). Function: core meaning related to pressure or sadness.
• Suffix: -sion- (Latin -sionem). Function: nominalization, forming a noun.
• Suffix: -naire (French suffix). Function: adjectival/nominal, indicating a person associated with the preceding element.

4. Stress Identification:

In French, stress generally falls on the last syllable of a word or phrase. In this case, the stress falls on "-naire".

5. Phonetic Transcription:

/depʁe.sjɔ.neʁ/

6. Edge Case Review:

The "sion" cluster can sometimes be tricky, but in this case, it's a standard syllable division. The liaison possibilities with following words don't affect the internal syllabification.

7. Grammatical Role:

"Dépressionnaire" can function as both an adjective (des traits dépres­sion­naires - depressive traits) and a noun (un dépres­sion­naire - a depressive person). The syllabification remains consistent regardless of the grammatical role.

8. Definition & Semantics:

• Definition: A person who suffers from depression; relating to depression.
• Grammatical Category: Adjective/Noun
• Translation: Depressive
• Synonyms: mélancolique (melancholic), abattu (dejected)
• Antonyms: joyeux (joyful), optimiste (optimistic)
• Examples:
  • "Il a un comportement dépres­sion­naire." (He has depressive behavior.)
  • "Elle est une personne dépres­sion­naire." (She is a depressive person.)

9. Phonological Comparison:

• ordinateur: or-di-na-teur - Similar vowel structure, but with more consonant clusters.
• information: in-for-ma-tion - Shares the "-tion" suffix, demonstrating consistent syllabification.
• imaginaire: i-ma-gi-naire - Similar ending "-naire", showing consistent stress and syllabification.

10. Syllable Analysis Details:

• dé-: Open syllable, ending in a vowel. Rule: Vowel-initial syllables are separated.
• -pre-: Closed syllable, ending in a consonant. Rule: Consonant clusters are maintained unless they can be broken naturally.
• -ssion-: Closed syllable, ending in a consonant. Rule: Consonant clusters are maintained unless they can be broken naturally.
• -naire: Closed syllable, ending in a consonant. Rule: Stress falls on the final syllable.