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pertinacious

How many syllables in pertinacious?

  4 syllables

Divide pertinacious into syllables:   per-ti-na-cious
Primary syllable stress:   per-ti-na-cious
Secondary syllable stress:   per-ti-na-cious
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Synonyms for pertinacious


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    4 syllables
    6 syllables
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