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enlightenment

How many syllables in enlightenment?

  4 syllables

Divide enlightenment into syllables:   en-light-en-ment
Stressed syllable in enlightenment:   en-light-en-ment
How to pronounce enlightenment:   en-lite-n-ment
How to say enlightenment:

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