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quatre-vingt-quinze

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3 syllables
19 characters
French
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quatrevingtquinze

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

quatre-vingt-quinze

Pronunciation

/katʁə vɛ̃t kĩz/

Stress

001

Morphemes

quatre- + vingt- + quinze

The word 'quatre-vingt-quinze' (75) is divided into three syllables: 'quatre', 'vingt', and 'quinze'. Stress falls on the final syllable. The syllabification follows vowel-based rules and consonant cluster division, reflecting the word's historical and morphological structure.

Definitions

numeral
  1. 1

    The number 75.

    Seventy-five

    “Il a quatre-vingt-quinze ans.”

    “La vitesse maximale est de quatre-vingt-quinze kilomètres par heure.”

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the final syllable, 'quinze'. The first two syllables, 'quatre' and 'vingt', are unstressed.

Syllables

3
quatre/katʁə/
vingt/vɛ̃t/
quinze/kĩz/

quatre — Open syllable, vowel-final, unstressed.. vingt — Closed syllable, nasal vowel, unstressed.. quinze — Closed syllable, nasal vowel, stressed.

Word Parts

pre

quatre-

From Latin *quattuor* ('four'), numeral prefix.

root

vingt-

From Latin *viginti* ('twenty'), numeral prefix.

suf

quinze

From Latin *quindecim* ('fifteen'), numeral.

Similar Words

tren­te­cinqsoi­xan­te­dixcin­quan­te

Vowel-Based Syllabification

Each vowel sound typically forms a syllable nucleus.

Consonant Cluster Division

Consonant clusters are often split, with one consonant joining the preceding vowel.

Liaison

Liaison doesn't affect the underlying syllabification.

  • Historical evolution of French numerals resulting in a complex structure.
  • Remnants of a vigesimal (base-20) counting system in the prefixes.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/5/2025

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