How many syllables in pigeon?

There are 3 syllables in the word pigeon.

How to pronounce pigeon:

pigeon (noun):: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.; a bird which has a heavy body, small head, and short legs, and is usually grey in colour; any of a widely distributed family (columbidae, order columbiformes) of birds with a stout body, rather short legs, and smooth and compact plumage; a member of any of numerous varieties of the rock dove that exist in domestication and in the feral state in cities and towns throughout most of the world

band-tail pigeon

band-tailed pigeon

bandtail

bird

chump

columba fasciata

columba livia

columba palumbus

columbidae

columbiform bird

culver

cushat

domestic pigeon

dove

dupe

ectopistes migratorius

family columbidae

fool

goose

gull

loser

passenger pigeon

patsy

pouter

pouter pigeon

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