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bacterium

How many syllables in bacterium?

  4 syllables

Divide bacterium into syllables:   bac-te-ri-um
Stressed syllable in bacterium:   bac-te-ri-um
How to pronounce bacterium:   bak-teer-ee-um
How to say bacterium:

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