embouteillèrent
The word 'embouteillèrent' is divided into five syllables: em-bou-tei-llè-rent. It's a verb in the past historic tense, derived from Latin roots. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. The infix '-eill-' presents a slight exception to standard syllabification rules.
Definitions
- 1
To bottle up, to cause a traffic jam, to impede.
They bottled up / They jammed (traffic).
“Les manifestants ont embouteillé la circulation.”
“Ils ont embouteillé leurs émotions.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable (/tɛ/).
Syllables
em — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. bou — Open syllable.. tei — Open syllable.. llè — Open syllable, 'll' treated as a single sound.. rent — Open syllable.
Word Parts
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Consonant-Vowel (CV) Pattern
Syllables are formed around a consonant followed by a vowel.
Treatment of Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are generally broken up, but 'll' is treated as a single sound.
Nasal Vowels
Nasal vowels form the nucleus of a syllable.
- Silent 't' at the end of the word.
- The infix *-eill-* is an exception to the standard CV pattern.
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