How many syllables in gear?

There is 1 syllable in the word gear.

How to pronounce gear:

gear (noun):: clothing, garments; a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears

accouterments

accoutrements

action

apparatus

appurtenance

cogs

cogwheel

cogwheels

equipment

facilities

gear mechanism

gear wheel

geared wheel

gearing

geartrain

gearwheels

hardware

kit

machinery

material(s)

materiel

matériel

mechanism

paraphernalia

power train

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In non-linear phonology, the syllable is seen not as a linear sequence but as a hierarchical structure of constituents.

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