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matriarchal

How many syllables in matriarchal?

  4 syllables

Divide matriarchal into syllables:   ma-tri-ar-chal
Primary syllable stress:   ma-tri-ar-chal
Secondary syllable stress:   ma-tri-ar-chal
How to say matriarchal:

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