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quatre-feuilles

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5 syllables
15 characters
French
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quatrefeuilles

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

qua-tre-feu-il-les

Pronunciation

/katʁ.fœj/

Stress

00001

Morphemes

quatre- + feuilles

The word 'quatre-feuilles' is divided into five syllables: qua-tre-feu-il-les. Stress falls on the final syllable. The word is a compound noun derived from Latin roots, and its syllabification follows standard French rules of maximizing onsets and pairing consonants with vowels.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    A four-leaf clover

    Four-leaf clover

    “Elle a trouvé une quatre-feuilles dans le jardin.”

    syn:trèfle à quatre feuilles
    ant:trèfle à trois feuilles

Stress pattern

Stress falls on the last syllable ('-illes') in standard French.

Syllables

5
qua/kwa/
tre/tʁə/
feu/fœ/
il/il/
les/lɛ/

qua — Open syllable, onset /kw/, nucleus /a/. tre — Open syllable, onset /t/, nucleus /ə/. feu — Open syllable, onset /f/, nucleus /œ/. il — Open syllable, onset /i/, nucleus /l/. les — Open syllable, onset /l/, nucleus /ɛ/

Word Parts

pre

quatre-

From Old French 'quatre', meaning 'four', ultimately from Latin 'quattuor'. Numeral modifier.

root

feuilles

From Old French 'fuelle', from Latin 'folium' (leaf). Noun, plural.

Similar Words

ta­bleli­vrepor­te

Maximize Onsets

The 'qu' digraph is treated as a single onset.

Consonant-Vowel Pairing

Syllables are formed by pairing consonants with following vowels.

  • The /ʁ/ sound can sometimes be realized as a vowel-like sound.
  • The 'qu' digraph is a unique feature of French orthography.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/8/2025

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