How many syllables in gooseberry?

There are 3 syllables in the word gooseberry.

How to pronounce gooseberry:

gooseberry (noun):: currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies.; the acid usually prickly fruit of any of several shrubs (genus ribes, especially r. hirtellum of the u.s. and r. uva-crispa of europe) grouped especially formerly in the saxifrage family but now often placed in a separate family (grossulariaceae, the gooseberry family)

gooseberry bush

ribes grossularia

ribes uva-crispa

Syllable Fun Fact

Some languages, like Japanese, are considered mora-timed, where the duration of each syllable (or mora) is approximately equal.

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