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refrigerator

How many syllables in refrigerator?

  5 syllables

Divide refrigerator into syllables:   re-frig-er-a-tor
Primary syllable stress:   re-frig-er-a-tor
Secondary syllable stress:   re-frig-er-a-tor
How to pronounce refrigerator:   ri-frij-er-ey-ter
How to say refrigerator:

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