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maternity

How many syllables in maternity?

  4 syllables

Divide maternity into syllables:   ma-ter-ni-ty
Stressed syllable in maternity:   ma-ter-ni-ty
How to pronounce maternity:   muh-tur-ni-tee
How to say maternity:

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    What rhymes with maternity

    4 syllables
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    cats = many cats
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