How many syllables in potassium?

There are 4 syllables in the word potassium.

How to pronounce potassium:

potassium (noun):: a silver-white soft light low-melting monovalent metallic element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in nature especially combined in minerals see chemical elements table; a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite.

atomic number 19

brine

carnallite

kainite

metal

metallic element

saltwater

seawater

sylvine

sylvite

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