tournefeuilles
The word 'tourne-feuilles' is divided into four syllables: tour-ne-feu-illes. It's a compound noun derived from 'tourner' and 'feuilles', with stress on the final syllable. Syllabification follows French rules prioritizing vowel sounds and maintaining pronounceable consonant clusters.
Definitions
- 1
A person who turns pages frequently, often in a restless or inquisitive manner; a bookworm.
Leaf-turner, page-turner, bookworm
“Il était un véritable tourne-feuilles à la bibliothèque.”
“Elle, elle est plutôt du genre tourne-feuilles, toujours à chercher de nouvelles informations.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the final syllable '-illes', which is typical for French nouns.
Syllables
tour — Open syllable, initial syllable, contains a consonant cluster.. ne — Open syllable, contains a schwa sound.. feu — Open syllable, contains a rounded front vowel.. illes — Closed syllable, final syllable, stressed syllable.
Word Parts
Open Syllables
Syllables ending in a vowel are generally open.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are maintained within a syllable if they are pronounceable as a unit.
Vowel Sounds
Each vowel sound generally forms the nucleus of a syllable.
Hyphenated Compounds
Hyphens indicate a potential syllable break, but the actual division depends on pronunciation.
- The liaison possibility between 'tourne' and 'feuilles' doesn't change the syllabification, but it affects the phonetic realization.
- The 'e' in 'tourne' is often silent unless followed by a vowel sound.
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