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abbreviation

How many syllables in abbreviation?

  5 syllables

Divide abbreviation into syllables:   ab-bre-vi-a-tion
Primary syllable stress:   ab-bre-vi-a-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   ab-bre-vi-a-tion
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