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illumination

How many syllables in illumination?

  5 syllables

Divide illumination into syllables:   il-lu-mi-na-tion
Primary syllable stress:   il-lu-mi-na-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   il-lu-mi-na-tion
How to pronounce illumination:   ih-loo-muh-ney-shun
How to say illumination:

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Synonyms for illumination


1 syllable
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      What rhymes with illumination

      1 syllable
      • corp
        2 syllables
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