saintsimonisme
The word 'saint-simonisme' is a French noun divided into four syllables: saint-si-mon-isme. Stress falls on the final syllable. It's composed of a prefix ('saint-'), a root ('simon-'), and a suffix ('-isme'). Syllabification follows vowel-centered rules, allowing consonant clusters at syllable ends.
Definitions
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A French socialist and utopian political and economic ideology founded in the early 19th century by Claude Henri de Saint-Simon.
Saint-Simonism
“Le saint-simonisme a influencé de nombreux penseurs socialistes.”
“Il étudiait les doctrines du saint-simonisme.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the final syllable ('-isme'), which is typical for French nouns.
Syllables
sɛ̃ — Open syllable, containing a nasal vowel.. si — Open syllable, containing a simple vowel.. mɔ — Open syllable, containing a simple vowel.. nism — Closed syllable, ending with a consonant cluster.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Centered Syllables
Syllables are formed around vowel sounds, with each syllable typically containing one vowel.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are permitted at the end of a syllable, as seen in 'nism'.
- The compound nature of the word (derived from a proper name) does not alter standard syllabification rules.
- The nasal vowel /ɛ̃/ is a common feature of French and does not pose a special case for syllable division.
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