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alimentary

How many syllables in alimentary?

  5 syllables

Divide alimentary into syllables:   al-i-men-ta-ry
Primary syllable stress:   al-i-men-ta-ry
Secondary syllable stress:   al-i-men-ta-ry
How to pronounce alimentary:   al-uh-men-ter-ee
How to say alimentary:

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