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telephone

Syllables: tel-e-phone: 3 syllables, one for each vowel sound you say. The final e is silent, so it doesn't add a syllable.
Stressed syllable: The 1st syllable is stressed: TEL-e-phone.
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləfoʊn/ in American English.
Stress position: The stress falls on the third syllable from the end (1st of 3), as in BEAU-ti-ful and pho-TOG-ra-phy. Words ending in -ity and -ical work this way.
Line break: At the end of a line you can break it as tel-ephone, tele-phone.

Words that rhyme with telephone

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How do you divide telephone into syllables?

telephone divides as tel-e-phone. tel-e-phone: 3 syllables, one for each vowel sound you say. The final e is silent, so it doesn't add a syllable.

How many syllables are in telephone?

Telephone has 3 syllables (tel-e-phone).

Which syllable is stressed in telephone?

The stressed syllable in telephone is tel. The 1st syllable is stressed: TEL-e-phone.

How do you pronounce telephone?

/ˈtɛləfoʊn/ in American English.