quincailleries
“Quincailleries” is a French noun meaning “hardware stores.” It is divided into four syllables: quin-cail-le-ries, with stress on the penultimate syllable. The word follows standard French syllabification rules.
Definitions
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A hardware store; a shop selling metal goods, tools, and household items.
Hardware stores
“Nous avons acheté des clous dans les quincailleries.”
“Il travaille dans une quincaillerie.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('le').
Syllables
quin — Open syllable, onset with consonant cluster 'qu'. cail — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure. le — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure. ries — Open syllable, consonant-vowel structure
Word Parts
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Avoid Single Intervocalic Consonants
French avoids leaving a single consonant between vowels.
Consonant Clusters
Clusters like 'qu' are treated as single onsets.
Vowel-Consonant Pattern
The basic pattern of vowel-consonant alternation dictates many syllable divisions.
- The nasal vowel /ɛ̃/ in 'quin' is a characteristic feature of French phonology.
- The 'ill' sequence is a palatalization, which is common in French.
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