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foreign

How many syllables in foreign?

  2 syllables

Divide foreign into syllables:   for-eign
Stressed syllable in foreign:   for-eign
How to say foreign:

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Synonyms for foreign


1 syllable
  • strange
    2 syllables
    • distant
    • unknown
    3 syllables
    • alien
    • external
    • outlandish
    • exotic
    • far-off
    • overseas
    4 syllables
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    What rhymes with foreign

    2 syllables
    • aren
    • floren
    • Lauren
    • sarin
    • darren
    • giron
    • Loren
    • Warren
    4 syllables
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