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temporary

How many syllables in temporary?

  4 syllables

Divide temporary into syllables:   tem-po-rar-y
How to pronounce temporary:   tem-per-er-ee
How to say temporary:

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Synonyms for temporary


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      What rhymes with temporary

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
      5 syllables
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