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déséchouassions

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5 syllables
15 characters
French
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5syllables

déséchouassions

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

dé-sé-chou-as-sions

Pronunciation

/de.ze.ʃu.a.sjɔ̃/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

dés- + échou- + -assions

The word 'déséchouassions' is syllabified into 'dé-sé-chou-as-sions' based on vowel sounds and consonant cluster rules. It's a verb form meaning 'we would fail' with stress on the final syllable. Its morphemic structure includes the prefix 'dés-', root 'échou-', and suffix '-assions'.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    First-person plural imperfect subjunctive of *déséchouer* – to fail, to come to grief, to be shipwrecked (figuratively).

    We would fail / We were failing / We might fail.

    “Nous déséchouassions à chaque examen.”

    “Si nous déséchouassions, nous recommencerions.”

    syn:échouermanquerbuter
    ant:réussir

Stress pattern

Stress is on the final syllable '-sions', though it's a relatively weak stress compared to languages like English.

Syllables

5
dé/de/
sé/ze/
chou/ʃu/
as/a/
sions/sjɔ̃/

dé — Open syllable, unstressed.. sé — Open syllable, unstressed.. chou — Open syllable, unstressed.. as — Open syllable, unstressed.. sions — Closed syllable, stressed.

Word Parts

pre

dés-

Latin origin, meaning 'reversal, negation'

root

échou-

Old French origin, meaning 'to run aground, to fail'

suf

-assions

Combination of thematic vowel and first-person plural imperfect subjunctive ending

Similar Words

ré­us­si­ssionsfi­nis­sionsé­chou­â­mes

Vowel-Based Division

Syllables are generally formed around vowel sounds.

Consonant Cluster Handling

Consonant clusters are kept together unless they can be naturally separated by a vowel sound.

Final Syllable Stress

French tends to stress the final syllable.

  • The 'ch' digraph is treated as a single phoneme /ʃ/.
  • The nasal vowel /ɔ̃/ doesn't create any special syllabification issues.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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