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patriarchal

How many syllables in patriarchal?

  4 syllables

Divide patriarchal into syllables:   pa-tri-ar-chal
Primary syllable stress:   pa-tri-ar-chal
Secondary syllable stress:   pa-tri-ar-chal
How to pronounce patriarchal:   pey-tree-ahr-kal
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