academy
nounHow many syllables in academy?
There are 4 syllables in the word academy.How to pronounce academy:
Definition of academy:
- academy (noun):
- a private high school
- (in Scotland) a secondary school
- a secondary school (usually private).
- a school usually above the elementary level
Synonyms for academy:
academe
centre of learning
college
establishment
gymnasium
honorary society
institute
institution
lyceum
middle school
school
secondary school
seminary
university
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- forgetfulness
- discourtesy
- confrontation
- galagala
- Bougainvillea
- farsightedness
- charcuterie
- palliative
- unacquainted
- onychia
- indigestion
- everyway
- salubrious
- redhibition
- officious
- apparatus
- wisteria
- triceratops
- monocracy
- acrophobic
- invigilate
- etatism
- susurration
- fuliginous
- contemptuous
- requisitioned
- modillion
- uncleanliness
- perseverant
- satisfier
- camarilla
- submissible
- dedicated
- Alejandra
- reality
- incredulous
- Adriana
- insomniac
- varicocele
- alacrity
- overfasting
- expedition
- Aditya
- sedentary
- obliquely
- Ariadne
- binocular
- commodity
- loquacious
- concentration
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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