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greyhound

How many syllables in greyhound?

  2 syllables

Divide greyhound into syllables:   grey-hound
Primary syllable stress:   grey-hound
Secondary syllable stress:   grey-hound
How to pronounce greyhound:   grey-hound
How to say greyhound:

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