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contamination

How many syllables in contamination?

  5 syllables

Divide contamination into syllables:   con-tam-i-na-tion
Primary syllable stress:   con-tam-i-na-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   con-tam-i-na-tion
How to pronounce contamination:   kun-tam-uh-ney-shun
How to say contamination:

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Synonyms for contamination


1 syllable
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    What rhymes with contamination

    1 syllable
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      2 syllables
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      3 syllables
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