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guillotine

How many syllables in guillotine?

  3 syllables

Divide guillotine into syllables:   guil-lo-tine
Primary syllable stress:   guil-lo-tine
Secondary syllable stress:   guil-lo-tine
How to say guillotine:

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Synonyms for guillotine


2 syllables
  • behead
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      4 syllables
        6 syllables
        • cut off somebody's head
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          What rhymes with guillotine

          2 syllables
            3 syllables
            4 syllables
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