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counterclaim

How many syllables in counterclaim?

  3 syllables

Divide counterclaim into syllables:   coun-ter-claim
Primary syllable stress:   coun-ter-claim
Secondary syllable stress:   coun-ter-claim
How to say counterclaim:

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