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onomatopoeia

How many syllables in onomatopoeia?

  6 syllables

Divide onomatopoeia into syllables:   on-o-mat-o-poe-ia
Primary syllable stress:   on-o-mat-o-poe-ia
Secondary syllable stress:   on-o-mat-o-poe-ia
How to pronounce onomatopoeia:   on-oh-mat-oh-pee-ya
How to say onomatopoeia:

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