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a posteriori

How many syllables in a posteriori?

  6 syllables

Divide a posteriori into syllables:   a pos-te-ri-o-ri
Primary syllable stress:   a pos-te-ri-o-ri
Secondary syllable stress:   a pos-te-ri-o-ri
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