forty
adjectiveHow many syllables in forty?
There are 2 syllables in the word forty.How to pronounce forty:
Definition of forty:
- forty (adjective):
- being ten more than thirty.
Synonyms for forty:
40
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- reveled
- yielded
- escaped
- goffer
- heeded
- prodded
- cooed
- stary
- perchance
- prithee
- pilgrim
- lighthouse
- marker
- suitor
- adjoin
- furor
- snuggle
- neutral
- cater
- standing
- compose
- pluma
- composed
- impish
- arrange
- chided
- supplies
- ersatz
- enhance
- assume
- traveled
- neither
- peeking
- tooken
- onto
- distain
- feted
- toward
- untie
- transient
- impinge
- swelt'ring
- occured
- snowing
- latter
- confide
- colleague
- heaven
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