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retardation

How many syllables in retardation?

  4 syllables

Divide retardation into syllables:   re-tar-da-tion
Primary syllable stress:   re-tar-da-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   re-tar-da-tion
How to pronounce retardation:   ree-tahr-dey-shun
How to say retardation:

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