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nocturnal

How many syllables in nocturnal?

  3 syllables

Divide nocturnal into syllables:   noc-tur-nal
Stressed syllable in nocturnal:   noc-tur-nal
How to pronounce nocturnal:   nok-tur-nl
How to say nocturnal:

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Synonyms for nocturnal


1 syllable
  • night
    2 syllables
    3 syllables
    • of the night
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      What rhymes with nocturnal

      2 syllables
      • colonel
      • kernel
      • journal
      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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