How many syllables in dunes?

There is 1 syllable in the word dunes.

Divide dunes into syllables:

dunes (noun):: a mound or ridge of drifted sand; a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind

banks

bars

brae

down

drift

drifts

dune

elevation

embankments

hillock

hills

knoll

masses

mound

mounds

mount

mountains

ridges

sand dune

sandbanks

sandbars

shoals

snowbanks

snowdrifts

towheads

dikes

dykes

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