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cocktail

How many syllables in cocktail?

  2 syllables

Divide cocktail into syllables:   cock-tail
Primary syllable stress:   cock-tail
Secondary syllable stress:   cock-tail
How to pronounce cocktail:   kok-teyl
How to say cocktail:

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Synonyms for cocktail


1 syllable
  • blend
  • drink
  • brew
  • mix
2 syllables
  • mixture
  • tipple
  • snifter
3 syllables
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with cocktail

    2 syllables
    3 syllables
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