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semicolon

How many syllables in semicolon?

  125947638 syllables

Divide semicolon into syllables:   sem-i-co-lon
Primary syllable stress:   sem-i-co-lon
Secondary syllable stress:   sem-i-co-lon
How to pronounce semicolon:   sem-i-koh-lun
How to say semicolon:

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