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peripheral

How many syllables in peripheral?

  4 syllables

Divide peripheral into syllables:   pe-riph-er-al
Stressed syllable in peripheral:   pe-riph-er-al
How to pronounce peripheral:   per-if-er-ul
How to say peripheral:

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