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elephant

How many syllables in elephant?

  3 syllables

Divide elephant into syllables:   el-e-phant
Stressed syllable in elephant:   el-e-phant
How to pronounce elephant:   el-ef-ant
How to say elephant:

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Synonyms for elephant


1 syllable
  • big
  • huge
  • boar
2 syllables
  • awkward
  • tusker
  • mammoth
  • whopper
3 syllables
  • Goliath
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What rhymes with elephant

3 syllables
4 syllables
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