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tétrasyllabiques

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6 syllables
16 characters
French
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6syllables

tétrasyllabiques

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

té-tra-syl-la-bi-ques

Pronunciation

/te.tʁa.sil.la.bik/

Stress

000100

Morphemes

tétrà- + syl- + -abiques

The word 'tétrasyllabiques' is a four-syllable adjective with stress on the penultimate syllable. Syllable division follows the rule of dividing before vowels, maximizing onsets. It's morphologically composed of a Greek prefix, a Latin root, and a French suffix.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or consisting of four syllables.

    Four-syllabic

    “Les mots 'automobile' et 'université' sont tétrasyllabiques.”

    syn:quadrisyllabiques
    ant:monosyllabiquesdisyllabiquestrisyllabiques

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('la-bi-ques').

Syllables

6
té/te/
tra/tʁa/
syl/sil/
la/la/
bi/bi/
ques/kɛ/

té — Open syllable, initial syllable.. tra — Open syllable.. syl — Closed syllable.. la — Open syllable.. bi — Open syllable.. ques — Closed syllable, final syllable.

Word Parts

pre

tétrà-

Greek origin, meaning 'four', numerical prefix.

root

syl-

Latin origin (syllaba), relating to syllables.

suf

-abiques

French suffix derived from Latin -icus, indicating a quality or characteristic, adjectival suffix with plural masculine marker.

Similar Words

u­ni­ver­si­téspar­ti­cu­la­ri­tésres­pon­sa­bi­li­tés

Vowel-Initial Syllable Division

Syllable division consistently occurs before each vowel.

Maximizing Onsets

The structure aims to create pronounceable syllables with a clear onset.

  • The 'tr' cluster is treated as a single onset.
  • The final 's' indicates plural masculine form and doesn't affect syllable division.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/7/2025

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