How many syllables in centaur?

There are 2 syllables in the word centaur.

Divide centaur into syllables:

centaur (noun):: noun. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.; any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of thessaly

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