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fornication

How many syllables in fornication?

  4 syllables

Divide fornication into syllables:   for-ni-ca-tion
Primary syllable stress:   for-ni-ca-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   for-ni-ca-tion
How to pronounce fornication:   fawr-ni-key-shun
How to say fornication:

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