locomotive

How many syllables in locomotive?

  4 syllables

Divide locomotive into syllables:   lo-co-mo-tive
Primary syllable stress:   lo-co-mo-tive
Secondary syllable stress:   lo-co-mo-tive
How to pronounce locomotive:   loh-kuh-moh-tiv
How to say locomotive:

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