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paramour

How many syllables in paramour?

  3 syllables

Divide paramour into syllables:   par-a-mour
Primary syllable stress:   par-a-mour
Secondary syllable stress:   par-a-mour
How to pronounce paramour:   par-uh-moor
How to say paramour:

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