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circumcise

How many syllables in circumcise?

  3 syllables

Divide circumcise into syllables:   cir-cum-cise
Stressed syllable in circumcise:   cir-cum-cise
How to pronounce circumcise:   sur-kum-sahyz
How to say circumcise:

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