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emergency

How many syllables in emergency?

  4 syllables

Divide emergency into syllables:   e-mer-gen-cy
Stressed syllable in emergency:   e-mer-gen-cy
How to pronounce emergency:   ih-mur-jun-see
How to say emergency:

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Synonyms for emergency


1 syllable
  • spare
    2 syllables
    • crisis
      3 syllables
      • tragedy
      4 syllables
      6 syllables
      • urgent situation
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        What rhymes with emergency

        4 syllables
        5 syllables
          6 syllables
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