tirebouchonnée
The word 'tire-bouchonnée' is divided into five syllables: ti-re-bou-chon-née. Stress falls on the final syllable. It's a compound noun derived from 'tire-bouchon' and the suffix '-ée', meaning a large bottle of wine. Syllabification follows vowel-centric rules and preserves consonant clusters.
Definitions
- 1
A quantity of wine equal to the volume of a corkscrew's worth; a large bottle of wine.
A corkscrew's worth, a large bottle (of wine)
“Il a bu une tire-bouchonnée de vin.”
“Ils ont commandé une tire-bouchonnée pour la table.”
syn:grande bouteilleant:petit verre
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the final syllable, '-née', which is typical for French nouns.
Syllables
ti — Open syllable, initial syllable.. re — Open syllable, contains a schwa.. bou — Open syllable.. chon — Closed syllable, contains a nasal vowel.. née — Closed syllable, stressed syllable, contains a close mid front vowel.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Centric Syllabification
Each vowel sound forms the nucleus of a syllable.
Consonant Cluster Preservation
Consonant clusters are kept together unless easily separable.
Final Syllable Stress
Stress typically falls on the final syllable in French.
- The compound nature of the word doesn't alter the standard syllabification rules.
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