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imbecility

How many syllables in imbecility?

  5 syllables

Divide imbecility into syllables:   im-be-cil-i-ty
Primary syllable stress:   im-be-cil-i-ty
Secondary syllable stress:   im-be-cil-i-ty
How to pronounce imbecility:   im-buh-sil-i-tee
How to say imbecility:

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