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colleague

How many syllables in colleague?

  2 syllables

Divide colleague into syllables:   col-league
Stressed syllable in colleague:   col-league
How to pronounce colleague:   kol-eeg
How to say colleague:

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Synonyms for colleague


1 syllable
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        What rhymes with colleague

        2 syllables
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