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sister-in-law

How many syllables in sister-in-law?

  4 syllables

Divide sister-in-law into syllables:   sis-ter-in-law
Primary syllable stress:   sis-ter-in-law
Secondary syllable stress:   sis-ter-in-law
How to say sister-in-law:

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