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extern

How many syllables in extern?

  2 syllables

Divide extern into syllables:   ex-tern
Stressed syllable in extern:   ex-tern
How to say extern:

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What rhymes with extern

2 syllables
  • adjourn
  • attorn
  • concern
  • downturn
  • eterne
  • Hepburn
  • intern
  • kick turn
  • Lucerne
  • nocturne
  • return
  • secern
  • star turn
  • step turn
  • U-turn
  • upturn
  • astern
  • casern
  • discern
  • epergne
  • heartburn
  • in turn
  • inurn
  • lucerne
  • nocturn
  • outturn
  • sauternes
  • sojourn
  • stem turn
  • sunburn
  • unlearn
  • windburn
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