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periphrastic

How many syllables in periphrastic?

  4 syllables

Divide periphrastic into syllables:   per-i-phras-tic
Primary syllable stress:   per-i-phras-tic
Secondary syllable stress:   per-i-phras-tic
How to pronounce periphrastic:   per-uh-fras-tik
How to say periphrastic:

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