tousaillerons
The French verb 'toussaillerons' (we will cough) is divided into four syllables: tou-sail-le-rons, with stress on 'le'. It's morphologically complex, built from a prefix, root, and suffixes, and syllabified according to standard French vowel-initial syllable rules.
Definitions
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('le').
Syllables
tou — Open syllable, initial syllable.. sail — Closed syllable, contains a digraph.. le — Open syllable, relatively short.. rons — Closed syllable, contains a nasal vowel.
Word Parts
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Vowel-Initial Syllable Rule
Syllables generally begin with a vowel sound.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are broken up to create syllables, but not if they form a recognizable phonological unit.
- The 'ai' digraph is treated as a single vowel sound.
- Regional variations in pronunciation might slightly alter vowel quality.
- Liaison doesn't affect the syllabification of the word itself.
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