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hardware

How many syllables in hardware?

  2 syllables

Divide hardware into syllables:   hard-ware
Primary syllable stress:   hard-ware
Secondary syllable stress:   hard-ware
How to pronounce hardware:   hahrd-wair
How to say hardware:

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