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petroleum

How many syllables in petroleum?

  4 syllables

Divide petroleum into syllables:   pe-tro-le-um
Stressed syllable in petroleum:   pe-tro-le-um
How to pronounce petroleum:   puh-troh-lee-um
How to say petroleum:

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