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entertain

How many syllables in entertain?

  3 syllables

Divide entertain into syllables:   en-ter-tain
Primary syllable stress:   en-ter-tain
Secondary syllable stress:   en-ter-tain
How to pronounce entertain:   en-ter-teyn
How to say entertain:

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Synonyms for entertain


1 syllable
  • please
    2 syllables
    • amuse
    • receive
    • tickle
    • harbor
    • regale
    3 syllables
    • occupy
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    What rhymes with entertain

    1 syllable
    • bain
    • blain
    • brain
    • cane
    • crain
    • dain
    • deign
    • draine
    • fain
    • feign
    • frayne
    • grain
    • hain
    • heyne
    • Jane
    • kane
    • laine
    • layne
    • main
    • mane
    • pain
    • pane
    • plane
    • reign
    • sain
    • saned
    • slain
    • Spain
    • stain
    • swain
    • train
    • vain
    • vein
    • wane
    • bane
    • blains
    • cain
    • chain
    • crane
    • Dane
    • drain
    • dwayne
    • fane
    • frayn
    • gain
    • grein
    • hayne
    • Jain
    • kain
    • lain
    • lane
    • ln
    • Maine
    • mane's
    • Paine
    • plain
    • rain
    • rein
    • sane
    • Shane
    • slane
    • sprain
    • strain
    • thane
    • Twain
    • vane
    • wain
    • Wayne
    2 syllables
    • abstain
    • aine
    • alane
    • arcane
    • attain
    • butane
    • champagne
    • Champlain
    • complain
    • contain
    • demain
    • detain
    • domain
    • duane
    • explain
    • Germain
    • germane
    • Hussein
    • insane
    • lainage
    • Lorraine
    • moraine
    • obtain
    • pertain
    • refrain
    • remain
    • retain
    • Rogaine
    • sartain
    • sustain
    • terrain's
    • Ukraine
    • veinal
    • again
    • Alain
    • amain
    • arraign
    • Bahrain
    • campaign
    • champaign
    • cocaine
    • constrain
    • delaine
    • demal
    • disdain
    • duan
    • Elaine
    • frayproof
    • Germaine
    • humane
    • inane
    • Jermaine
    • layner
    • maintain
    • mundane
    • ordain
    • profane
    • regain
    • restrain
    • retrain
    • romaine
    • Spokane
    • terrain
    • terreplein
    • urbane
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
    6 syllables
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