poussecailloux
The word 'pousse-cailloux' is syllabified as pous-se-cail-loux, with stress on the final syllable. It's a compound noun formed from 'pousse' (push) and 'caillou' (pebble), with a plural suffix '-x'. Syllabification follows standard French rules of vowel-consonant division and maintaining final consonant clusters.
Definitions
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A game similar to marbles, where players flick pebbles with a larger pebble.
Marbles (the game)
“Nous jouions aux pousse-cailloux dans la cour de récréation.”
syn:billes
Stress pattern
The primary stress falls on the final syllable 'loux', which is typical for French nouns.
Syllables
pous — Open syllable, initial syllable.. se — Open syllable, medial syllable.. cail — Open syllable, medial syllable.. loux — Closed syllable, final and stressed syllable.
Word Parts
Vowel-Consonant Division
Syllables are often divided between vowels and consonants.
Final Consonant Cluster
Consonant clusters at the end of a syllable are generally kept together.
Compound Word Syllabification
Each component of a compound word is syllabified independently.
- The hyphen in 'pousse-cailloux' indicates a compound word but doesn't alter the syllabification rules.
- Regional variations in pronunciation might slightly affect perceived syllable boundaries.
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