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semester

How many syllables in semester?

  3 syllables

Divide semester into syllables:   se-mes-ter
Stressed syllable in semester:   se-mes-ter
How to pronounce semester:   si-mes-ter
How to say semester:

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What rhymes with semester

1 syllable
  • weste
    2 syllables
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    • ester
    • fester
    • Leicester
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    • rester
    • testor
    • Chester
    • Esther
    • jester
    • Lester
    • nester
    • pester
    • tester
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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