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Sisyphean

How many syllables in Sisyphean?

  4 syllables

Divide Sisyphean into syllables:   Sis-y-phe-an
Primary syllable stress:   Sis-y-phe-an
Secondary syllable stress:   Sis-y-phe-an
How to pronounce Sisyphean:   sis-uh-fee-yan
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