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penetrative

How many syllables in penetrative?

  4 syllables

Divide penetrative into syllables:   pen-e-tra-tive
Stressed syllable in penetrative:   pen-e-tra-tive
How to pronounce penetrative:   pen-i-trey-tiv
How to say penetrative:

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