parsimony

How many syllables in parsimony?

  4 syllables

Divide parsimony into syllables:   par-si-mo-ny
Stressed syllable in parsimony:   par-si-mo-ny
How to pronounce parsimony:   pahr-suh-moh-nee
How to say parsimony:

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