How many syllables in adolescence?

There are 4 syllables in the word adolescence.

How to pronounce adolescence:

adolescence (noun):: the period between puberty and adulthood; the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood.; the period of life when a child develops into an adult the period from puberty to maturity terminating legally at the age of majority (see majority sense 2a)

boyhood

genital stage

girlhood

infancy

juvenescence

maturity

minority

nonage

preadolescence

puberty

pubescence

teens

time of life

youth

adulthood

adultness

end

experience

infancy

knowledge

later life

majority

manhood

maturation

maturity

old age

parenthood

senility

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