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great-grandmother

How many syllables in great-grandmother?

  519738264 syllables

Divide great-grandmother into syllables:   great-grand-moth-er
Primary syllable stress:   great-grand-moth-er
Secondary syllable stress:   great-grand-moth-er
How to say great-grandmother:

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