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Is “Police” One or Two Syllables?

• Police is two syllables.
• Why is police 2 syllables?
• A syllable is the sound of a vowel that is created when pronouncing an A, E, I, O, U, or Y.
• read the full definition of a syllable: here
• Police divided into syllables: po-lice
  • The "e" is silent.
• Police pronounced: pronounce policepuh-lees
• The two vowel sounds are:
  • U sound that comes from "puh"
  • E sound that comes from "lees"

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