tresaillirions
The word 'tressaillirions' is syllabified as tre-sail-li-ri-ons. It's the first-person plural conditional of 'tressaillir', meaning 'we would startle'. The stress falls on the 'li' syllable. Syllabification follows standard French rules of maximizing onsets and creating open syllables.
Definitions
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Conditional first-person plural of 'tressaillir' - to startle, to flinch, to recoil.
We would startle/flinch/recoil
“Nous tressaillirions si nous entendions un bruit soudain.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('li'). The final syllable ('ons') receives a slight secondary stress, but French stress is generally less prominent than in English.
Syllables
tre — Open syllable, initial onset.. sail — Open syllable, vowel-final.. li — Closed syllable, stressed syllable.. ri — Open syllable, vowel-final.. ons — Closed syllable, nasal vowel, final syllable.
Word Parts
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Open Syllables
Syllables ending in a vowel are generally open.
Consonant Clusters
Consonant clusters are broken up to create syllables with a consonant-vowel structure where possible.
Vowel Sequences
Vowel sequences are generally separated into different syllables (not directly applicable here).
- The 'll' in 'tressaillirions' is a single phoneme /l/ in modern French, but historically represented a palatal lateral approximant. This doesn't affect the syllabification.
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