characteristic

How many syllables in characteristic?

  5 syllables

Divide characteristic into syllables:   char-ac-ter-is-tic
Primary syllable stress:   char-ac-ter-is-tic
Secondary syllable stress:   char-ac-ter-is-tic
How to pronounce characteristic:   kar-ik-ter-is-tik
How to say characteristic:

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