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malintentionnés

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6 syllables
15 characters
French
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Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “malintentionnés” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
6syllables

malintentionnés

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

mal-in-ten-tion-né-s

Pronunciation

/mal.ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjo.ne/

Stress

000010

Morphemes

mal- + intention + -nés

The French adjective 'malintentionnés' (bad-intentioned) is syllabified as mal-in-ten-tion-né-s, with stress on the final syllable. It's composed of the prefix 'mal-', root 'intention', and suffix '-nés', following standard French syllabification rules.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Having bad intentions; ill-intentioned.

    Bad-intentioned

    “Les malintentionnés ont essayé de saboter le projet.”

    syn:méchantsmalveillants
    ant:bienveillantsgénéreux

Stress pattern

Stress falls on the last syllable '-nés' in standard French pronunciation.

Syllables

6
mal/mal/
in/ɛ̃/
ten/tɑ̃/
tion/sjɔ̃/
né/ne/
s/s/

mal — Open syllable, consonant-vowel.. in — Closed syllable, nasal vowel.. ten — Closed syllable, nasal vowel.. tion — Closed syllable, consonant cluster + vowel.. né — Open syllable, vowel.. s — Silent final consonant.

Word Parts

pre

mal-

Latin *malus* - bad; derivational, expressing negativity.

root

intention

Latin *intentio* - stretching forward, purpose; lexical root.

suf

-nés

From Latin *-atus*; grammatical, masculine plural past participle used adjectivally.

Similar Words

na­tionin­ten­tionmal­a­dres­se

Open Syllable Principle

Syllables generally end in a vowel sound.

Vowel Nucleus

Every syllable must have a vowel sound as its nucleus.

Consonant Cluster Preservation

Consonant clusters are kept together if pronounceable.

Silent Letter Rule

Silent letters do not form separate syllables.

  • Nasal vowels require specific phonetic transcription but do not alter the syllabification based on orthography.
  • The final 's' is silent, but present in the written form.
  • The 'tion' cluster is a common unit in French.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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