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cafeteria

How many syllables in cafeteria?

  5 syllables

Divide cafeteria into syllables:   caf-e-te-ri-a
Primary syllable stress:   caf-e-te-ri-a
Secondary syllable stress:   caf-e-te-ri-a
How to pronounce cafeteria:   kaf-i-teer-ee-uh
How to say cafeteria:

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Synonyms for cafeteria


2 syllables
  • buffet
  • commons
  • canteen
3 syllables
  • dining hall
  • restaurant
  • eatery
4 syllables
    6 syllables
    • self-service restaurant
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      What rhymes with cafeteria

      4 syllables
      • Assyria
      • criteria
      • Iberia
      • listeria
      • Siberia
      5 syllables
      6 syllables
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