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centimeter

How many syllables in centimeter?

  4 syllables

Divide centimeter into syllables:   cen-ti-me-ter
Primary syllable stress:   cen-ti-me-ter
Secondary syllable stress:   cen-ti-me-ter
How to pronounce centimeter:   sen-tim-eet-er
How to say centimeter:

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