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great-grandfather

How many syllables in great-grandfather?

  278513649 syllables

Divide great-grandfather into syllables:   great-grand-fa-ther
Primary syllable stress:   great-grand-fa-ther
Secondary syllable stress:   great-grand-fa-ther
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