How many syllables in chimpanzee?

There are 3 syllables in the word chimpanzee.

How to pronounce chimpanzee:

chimpanzee (noun):: intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests.; an anthropoid ape (pan troglodytes) of equatorial africa that is smaller and more arboreal than the gorilla compare bonobo

bonobo

central chimpanzee

chimp

eastern chimpanzee

genus pan

great ape

pan

pan paniscus

pan troglodytes

pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

pan troglodytes troglodytes

pan troglodytes verus

pongid

western chimpanzee

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