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preternatural

How many syllables in preternatural?

  5 syllables

Divide preternatural into syllables:   pre-ter-nat-u-ral
Primary syllable stress:   pre-ter-nat-u-ral
Secondary syllable stress:   pre-ter-nat-u-ral
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