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intelligibilité

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

7 syllables
15 characters
French
Enriched
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “intelligibilité” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
7syllables

intelligibilité

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

in-tel-li-gi-bi-li-té

Pronunciation

/ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒi.bi.li.te/

Stress

0000100

Morphemes

in- + tellig- + -ibilité

The word 'intelligibilité' is divided into seven syllables: in-tel-li-gi-bi-li-té. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'bi'. It's a noun formed from a Latin root with a negative prefix and a noun-forming suffix. Syllabification follows vowel-initial syllable and penultimate stress rules.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being intelligible; comprehensibility.

    Intelligibility

    “L'intelligibilité de son discours était remarquable.”

    syn:clartécompréhensionlisibilité
    ant:obscuritéincompréhensibilité

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('bi').

Syllables

7
in/ɛ̃/
tel/tɛl/
li/li/
gi/ʒi/
bi/bi/
li/li/
té/te/

in — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. tel — Open syllable.. li — Open syllable.. gi — Open syllable.. bi — Open syllable, stressed.. li — Open syllable.. té — Closed syllable.

Word Parts

pre

in-

Latin origin, negative prefix.

root

tellig-

Latin origin (intellegere), meaning 'to understand'.

suf

-ibilité

French, from Latin -abilitas, forms an abstract noun.

Similar Words

po­ss­i­bi­li­téac­ces­si­bi­li­tévi­si­bi­li­té

Vowel-Initial Syllable

Each vowel sound generally begins a new syllable.

Penultimate Stress

Stress typically falls on the penultimate syllable in French words.

  • The 'in-' prefix is a common negative prefix.
  • The '-ibilité' suffix is a standard noun-forming suffix.
  • Liaison possibilities do not affect internal syllabification.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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