taillecrayons
The word *taille-crayons* is a compound noun syllabified as tail-le-cra-yons, with stress on the final syllable *yons*. It's composed of the root *taille-* (to cut) and *crayon* (pencil), and the syllabification follows French rules of vowel-centered syllables and avoiding consonant cluster breaks, while respecting the hyphenated structure.
Definitions
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A device used to sharpen pencils.
Pencil sharpener
“J'ai besoin d'un taille-crayons.”
“Où est le taille-crayons?”
syn:affûteuse
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the final syllable, *yons*, following the general French rule of final syllable stress in compound nouns.
Syllables
tail — Open syllable, containing a vowel and a consonant.. le — Open syllable, containing a schwa and a consonant.. cra — Open syllable, containing a vowel and a consonant.. yons — Closed syllable, containing a vowel and a nasal consonant.
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Vowel-Centered Syllables
Syllables are built around vowel sounds.
Avoid Breaking Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are kept together unless complex.
Hyphenated Compounds
Hyphens indicate a syllable break.
- The hyphenated structure influences the syllable division.
- Liaison possibilities do not affect the underlying syllabification.
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