L'accent de mot (accent tonique)
L'accent tombe deux syllabes avant (accent sur antépénultième):
(Les syllabes accentuées sont indiquées en caractères gras)
Suffixes
Exemples
Exceptions
-ity
ability - ambiguity - community - stupidity - necessity - superiority - invisibility - instability - university - eccentricity
-itive
competitive - repetitive
-itude
attitude - vicissitude - fortitude - ingratitude - solicitude
-logy,
-logist,
-logism
analogy - apology - anthropology - biology - methodology - pathology - biologist - neologism
-graphy,
-grapher
autobiography - choreography - photography - geography - biographer - photographer
-ous
adventurous - generous - mountainous - ruinous - autonomous - humorous - scrupulous - hazardous - fabulous - prosperous - synonymous - miraculous - unanimous - monotonous
-ate
Verbs:
associate - initiate - operate - retaliate
Adjectives:
delicate - inanimate - considerate - illiterate - passionate - affectionate
Nouns:
magistrate - certificate - candidate - subordinate
-ize, -ise
analyze - antagonize - authorize - jeopardize - organize - recognize - apologize - criticize
characterize - regularize - idealize
-fy
glorify - qualify - magnify - purify - ratify - personify
-ator
benefactor - calculator - elevator - commentator - radiator - gladiator
-ism
criticism - socialism - communism - totalitarianism
absolutism - capitalism - protestantism - defeatism - opportunism
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