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daughter-in-law

How many syllables in daughter-in-law?

  4 syllables

Divide daughter-in-law into syllables:   daugh-ter-in-law
Primary syllable stress:   daugh-ter-in-law
Secondary syllable stress:   daugh-ter-in-law
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