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colloquialism

How many syllables in colloquialism?

  5 syllables

Divide colloquialism into syllables:   col-lo-qui-al-ism
Stressed syllable in colloquialism:   col-lo-qui-al-ism
How to pronounce colloquialism:   kuh-loh-kwee-uh-liz-um
How to say colloquialism:

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