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curtain

How many syllables in curtain?

  2 syllables

Divide curtain into syllables:   cur-tain
Stressed syllable in curtain:   cur-tain
How to pronounce curtain:   kur-tn
How to say curtain:

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Synonyms for curtain


1 syllable
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    What rhymes with curtain

    2 syllables
    • burton
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    • certain
    3 syllables
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