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bumblebee

How many syllables in bumblebee?

  3 syllables

Divide bumblebee into syllables:   bum-ble-bee
Primary syllable stress:   bum-ble-bee
Secondary syllable stress:   bum-ble-bee
How to pronounce bumblebee:   buhm-bul-bee
How to say bumblebee:

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