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Is “Beautiful” Two or Three Syllables?

• Beautiful is three syllables.
• Why is beautiful 3 syllables?
• A syllable is the sound of a vowel that is created when pronouncing an A, E, I, O, U, or Y.
• read the full definition of a syllable: here
• Beautiful divided into syllables: beau-ti-ful
  • The "e" and "a" are silent.
• Beautiful pronounced: pronounce beautifulbyoo-tu-full
• The three vowel sounds are:
  • OO sound that comes from "byoo"
  • U sound that comes from "tu"
  • U sound that comes from "full"

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