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bellicose

How many syllables in bellicose?

  3 syllables

Divide bellicose into syllables:   bel-li-cose
Primary syllable stress:   bel-li-cose
Secondary syllable stress:   bel-li-cose
How to pronounce bellicose:   bel-i-kohs
How to say bellicose:

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