How many syllables in drainage?

There are 2 syllables in the word drainage.

How to pronounce drainage:

drainage (noun):: something drained off; the act, process, or mode of draining; waste matter or excrement carried away in sewers or drains; emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it.

drain

emptying

evacuation

sewage

sewerage

voidance

waste

entry

flux

incursion

inflow

influx

ingress

inpouring

inrush

instreaming

intrusion

inundation

leakage

retention

seepage

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