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buttercup

How many syllables in buttercup?

  3 syllables

Divide buttercup into syllables:   but-ter-cup
Primary syllable stress:   but-ter-cup
Secondary syllable stress:   but-ter-cup
How to pronounce buttercup:   buht-er-kuhp
How to say buttercup:

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