entrebâillement
The word 'entrebâillement' is divided into five syllables: en-tre-bâil-le-ment. Stress falls on 'bâil'. It's a noun formed from the root 'bailler' with prefixes and suffixes. Syllabification follows standard French rules of vowel-consonant division.
Definitions
- 1
The act of slightly opening; a small gap; a crack.
Ajar, slight opening, crack
“Il y avait un entrebâillement dans la porte.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'bâil'.
Syllables
en — Open syllable, vowel sound.. tre — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. bâil — Closed syllable, vowel-consonant, primary stress.. le — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. ment — Closed syllable, vowel-consonant, nasal vowel.
Word Parts
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Open Syllable Rule
Syllables generally end in a vowel sound. Consonant followed by vowel creates a new syllable.
Closed Syllable Rule
Vowel followed by consonant creates a closed syllable.
- The infix '-tre-' is a common feature in French verb formation and doesn't pose a syllabification challenge.
- Nasal vowels do not affect syllable division.
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