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polytechnic

How many syllables in polytechnic?

  4 syllables

Divide polytechnic into syllables:   pol-y-tech-nic
Primary syllable stress:   pol-y-tech-nic
Secondary syllable stress:   pol-y-tech-nic
How to pronounce polytechnic:   pol-ee-tek-nik
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