How many syllables in contagious?

There are 4 syllables in the word contagious.

How to pronounce contagious:

contagious (adjective):: see also contagious disease; (of a disease) capable of being passed on by contact; easily diffused or spread as from one person to another.; transmissible by direct or indirect contact with an infected person

catching

communicable

contractable

epidemic

epizootic

infectious

infective

pestiferous

pestilential

spreading

taking

transmissible

transmittable

harmless

incommunicable

incontractable

non-catching

non-contagious

non-infectious

non-transmittable

noncommunicable

noncontagious

uncontagious

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