How many syllables in migratory?

There are 4 syllables in the word migratory.

How to pronounce migratory:

migratory (adjective):: working for a short time in various places; of, relating to, or characterized by migration; habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work.

itinerant

migrant

mobile

nomadic

peregrine

peripatetic

roving

shifting

transient

traveling

travelling

unsettled

vagrant

wandering

indigenous

nonmigrant

nonmigrating

nonmigratory

resident

sedentary

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