désespérassions
Syllables
dé-ses-pé-ras-sions
Pronunciation
/de.ze.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
Stress
00010
Morphemes
dés- + espér- + -assions
The word 'désespérassions' is divided into five syllables: dé-ses-pé-ras-sions. It is a verb in the conditional present indicative, 1st person plural, meaning 'we would despair'. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'ras'. Syllabification follows vowel-initial division and consonant cluster maintenance rules.
Definitions
- 1
We would despair.
We would despair.
“Si tout échouait, nous désespérassions.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'ras'.
Syllables
dé — Open syllable, unstressed.. ses — Open syllable, unstressed.. pé — Open syllable, unstressed.. ras — Open syllable, primary stressed.. sions — Closed syllable, unstressed.
Word Parts
Similar Words
Vowel-Initial Syllable Division
Syllable division occurs before each vowel.
Consonant Cluster Maintenance
Consonant clusters are generally kept together within a syllable.
Penultimate Stress
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable in French words.
- Potential liaison between 'pé' and 'ras' in connected speech.
- Nasal vowel /ɔ̃/ in 'sions' is a characteristic feature of French phonology.
Nearby Words
17 wordsTrending in French
Terms getting hyphenated by users right now.
- outside
- orientatrice
- vandalisera
- sufisamment
- abjures
- abjurez
- abjurer
- abjurée
- abjurât
- abjuras
- abjurai
- abjecte
- abjects
- abîmiez
- abîmons
- abîmées
- abîment
- abîmera
- abîmant
- abîmais