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terns

How many syllables in terns?

  1 syllable

Divide terns into syllables:   terns
Syllable stress:   terns
How to say terns:

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What rhymes with terns

1 syllable
  • burns
  • earns
  • kernes
  • learns
  • spurns
  • ternes
  • urns
  • churns
  • ferns
  • kerns
  • querns
  • sterns
  • turns
  • yearn
2 syllables
  • adjourns
  • returns
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