apostrophe
nounHow many syllables in apostrophe?
There are 4 syllables in the word apostrophe.How to pronounce apostrophe:
Definition of apostrophe:
- apostrophe (noun):
- the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.
- a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case (as in "john's book"), or the plural of letters or figures (as in "the 1960's")
Synonyms for apostrophe:
punctuation
Antonyms for apostrophe:
accord
agreement
conformity
sameness
similarity
uniformity
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- hesitancy
- pelvimetry
- homonymous
- passageway
- overimpose
- logistician
- alexia
- February
- graduation
- Weltanschauung
- eternity
- octopuses
- psychology
- proclivity
- situation
- scientifical
- rotisserie
- oncology
- good-humouredness
- adversary
- unserious
- violation
- emergency
- distributive
- activities
- January's
- significant
- society
- interference
- insomnia
- catastrophic
- divinity
- asexual
- carelessly
- infuriate
- Eliana
- consecution
- economic
- oblivious
- Italian
- inventory
- impermeable
- escapeway
- deviation
- wilhelmina
- computerize
- nihilistic
- microliter
- diligently
- re-energized
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
The longest English word without repeated letters, 'uncopyrightable', has seven syllables.
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