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locomotive

How many syllables in locomotive?

  972583461 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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Synonyms for locomotive


1 syllable
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    2 syllables
    • engine
      3 syllables
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      What rhymes with locomotive

      2 syllables
      • motive
        4 syllables
          5 syllables
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