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respiration

How many syllables in respiration?

  4 syllables

Divide respiration into syllables:   res-pi-ra-tion
Primary syllable stress:   res-pi-ra-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   res-pi-ra-tion
How to pronounce respiration:   res-per-ey-shun
How to say respiration:

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