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tetrasyllabic

How many syllables in tetrasyllabic?

  5 syllables

Divide tetrasyllabic into syllables:   tet-ra-syl-lab-ic
Primary syllable stress:   tet-ra-syl-lab-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   tet-ra-syl-lab-ic
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