How many syllables in pear?

There is 1 syllable in the word pear.

Divide pear into syllables:

pear (noun):: sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.; a pome fruit of a tree (genus pyrus, especially p. communis) of the rose family that typically has a pale green or brownish skin, a firm juicy flesh, and an oblong shape in which a broad base end tapers upward to a narrow stem end

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