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tenuis

How many syllables in tenuis?

  3 syllables

Divide tenuis into syllables:   ten-u-is
Stressed syllable in tenuis:   ten-u-is
How to pronounce tenuis:   ten-yoo-is
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What rhymes with tenuis

3 syllables
  • tenuous
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