trisyllabic in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for trisyllabic in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for trisyllabic in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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When red foxes draw close together, they emit trisyllabic greeting warbles similar to the clucking of chickens.
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Rather, most bisyllabic words have initial stress, and trisyllabic and longer words usually have stress on the second syllable.
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In some cases, trisyllabic laxing appears to take place when it shouldn't, for example, in south vs. southern.
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Words are generally monosyllabic or bisyllabic, less commonly trisyllabic.
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When approaching a female during courtship, the male will let out a trisyllabic "cu-coo-cu" while bowing to his mate.
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According to their phonological behaviour, these are disyllabic words and not trisyllabic.
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The conclusion is drawn that di- and trisyllabic words with a short first syllable are stressed on the second syllable.
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In some cases, later changes have led to apparently anomalous results, e.g. south vs. southern with only two syllables (but at the time that trisyllabic laxing applied).
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While trisyllabic words do exist, they are all loanwords.
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The dental is preceded by an "a" in some verbs, causing the past tenses to become trisyllabic.
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