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a fortiori

How many syllables in a fortiori?

  5 syllables

Divide a fortiori into syllables:   a for-ti-o-ri
Primary syllable stress:   a for-ti-o-ri
Secondary syllable stress:   a for-ti-o-ri
How to say a fortiori:

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