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famine

How many syllables in famine?

  2 syllables

Divide famine into syllables:   fam-ine
Stressed syllable in famine:   fam-ine
How to pronounce famine:   fam-in
How to say famine:

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Synonyms for famine


1 syllable
  • dearth
  • want
  • drought
2 syllables
  • hunger
4 syllables
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What rhymes with famine

2 syllables
  • Amman
  • Brahman
  • gamin
  • mammon
  • salmon
  • Ammon
  • famine's
  • gammon
  • Salman
4 syllables
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