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materials

How many syllables in materials?

  4 syllables

Divide materials into syllables:   ma-te-ri-als
Stressed syllable in materials:   ma-te-ri-als
How to pronounce materials:   muh-teer-ee-uls
How to say materials:

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2 syllables
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3 syllables
  • cereals
  • serial
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