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colonel

How many syllables in colonel?

  2 syllables

Divide colonel into syllables:   colo-nel
Stressed syllable in colonel:   colo-nel
How to pronounce colonel:   ker-nel
How to say colonel:

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2 syllables
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3 syllables
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