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Is “Vegetables” Three Syllables or Four?

• Vegetables is three syllables.
• Why is vegetables 3 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
• Vegetables divided into syllables: vege-ta-bles
  • The 2nd "e" is silent.
• Vegetables pronounced: pronounce vegetablesvej-tah-buls
• The three vowel sounds are:
  • E sound that comes from "vej"
  • A sound that comes from "tah"
  • U sound that comes from "buls"

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