reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is a four-syllable French noun (re-con-na-is-sance) with stress on the penultimate syllable. It's derived from Latin roots and follows standard French syllabification rules based on vowel-consonant boundaries and schwa separation.
Definitions
- 1
The action or process of recognizing someone or something.
Recognition
“La reconnaissance faciale est de plus en plus utilisée.”
“Une mission de reconnaissance a été lancée.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable (/sɑ̃s/), as is typical in French for polysyllabic words not ending in a schwa.
Syllables
re — Open syllable, containing a schwa.. con — Closed syllable, containing a nasal vowel.. nais — Closed syllable.. sance — Closed syllable, containing a nasal vowel and a consonant cluster.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables are divided after a vowel followed by a consonant.
Consonant Cluster
Syllable division attempts to keep affricates and digraphs together.
Schwa (ə)
The schwa often creates a separate syllable, especially when preceding a consonant cluster.
- The final nasal vowel does not pose a specific syllabification challenge.
- Liaison possibilities in connected speech do not affect internal syllabification.
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