ravitaillasses
The word 'ravitaillasses' is syllabified as ra-vi-tail-las-ses, following French phonological rules of maximizing onsets and treating vowel clusters as single syllables. It's the third-person plural imperfect indicative of 'ravitailler' (to supply).
Definitions
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They were supplying/provisioning.
They were supplying/provisioning.
“Ils ravitaillaient les troupes en nourriture.”
Stress pattern
Stress is subtle in French, but the final syllable '-sses' receives a slight emphasis.
Syllables
ra — Open syllable, onset consonant.. vi — Open syllable, onset consonant.. tail — Closed syllable, diphthong.. las — Open syllable, onset consonant.. ses — Closed syllable, plural marker.
Word Parts
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Maximizing Onsets
Prioritizes creating syllables with consonant onsets.
Vowel Cluster Rule
Diphthongs and vowel clusters are treated as a single syllable.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are broken up respecting phonotactic constraints.
- The word is relatively straightforward in its syllabification. No significant exceptions or morphological anomalies are present.
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