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pertinacity

How many syllables in pertinacity?

  5 syllables

Divide pertinacity into syllables:   per-ti-nac-i-ty
Primary syllable stress:   per-ti-nac-i-ty
Secondary syllable stress:   per-ti-nac-i-ty
How to pronounce pertinacity:   pur-tin-as-i-tee
How to say pertinacity:

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