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lateral

How many syllables in lateral?

  3 syllables

Divide lateral into syllables:   lat-er-al
Stressed syllable in lateral:   lat-er-al
How to pronounce lateral:   lat-er-ul
How to say lateral:

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      What rhymes with lateral

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