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delicatessen

How many syllables in delicatessen?

  5 syllables

Divide delicatessen into syllables:   del-i-ca-tes-sen
Primary syllable stress:   del-i-ca-tes-sen
Secondary syllable stress:   del-i-ca-tes-sen
How to pronounce delicatessen:   del-i-kuh-tes-un
How to say delicatessen:

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What rhymes with delicatessen

2 syllables
  • cresson
  • lessen
  • Essen
  • lesson
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