hautsdechausses
The French noun 'hauts-de-chausses' (breeches) is syllabified as hau-ts-de-chaus-ses, with stress on the final syllable. It's a compound word with Latin roots, and its syllabification follows standard French rules regarding vowel nuclei and consonant clusters.
Definitions
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Breeches, trousers (historical term)
Breeches, trousers
“Au Moyen Âge, les nobles portaient des hauts-de-chausses.”
syn:pantalons
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the final syllable ('ses') as is typical in French.
Syllables
hau — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.. ts — Closed syllable, liaison with 'de'.. de — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.. chaus — Closed syllable, 'ch' as a single phoneme.. ses — Open syllable, vowel nucleus.
Vowel Nucleus Rule
Each syllable must contain a vowel sound.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are generally kept together unless they are complex.
Liaison Rule
Liaison affects pronunciation but not orthographic syllabification.
- Archaic word, compound structure, liaison between 'de' and 'chausses'.
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