[j] and [w] are considered semivowels a.k.a. glides, in French either semi-voyelles or semi-consonnes.
In poetry, syllables would be split that way:
- lu•mière or lu•miè•re
- pre•mier
- boire or boi•re
- jou•et
Lumière and boire have one less syllable when followed by a vowel, a mute h or at the end of a verse.
Note that in poetry jouet changes its pronunciation from the monosyllabic [ʒwɛ] to to the disyllabic [ʒu.ɛ]
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