How many syllables in mercenary?

There are 4 syllables in the word mercenary.

How to pronounce mercenary:

mercenary (noun):: one that serves merely for wages; a soldier hired into foreign service; a soldier who fights for a foreign army for money; a person hired to fight for another country than their own.

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