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protective

How many syllables in protective?

  3 syllables

Divide protective into syllables:   pro-tect-ive
Stressed syllable in protective:   pro-tect-ive
How to pronounce protective:   pruh-tek-tiv
How to say protective:

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What rhymes with protective

3 syllables
4 syllables
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