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tern

How many syllables in tern?

  1 syllable

Divide tern into syllables:   tern
Syllable stress:   tern
How to pronounce tern:   turn
How to say tern:

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What rhymes with tern

1 syllable
  • Bern
  • churn
  • erne
  • kern
  • pirn
  • spurn
  • terne
  • urn
  • burn
  • earn
  • fern
  • learn
  • quern
  • stern
  • turn
  • yearn
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