How many syllables in pregnancy?

There are 3 syllables in the word pregnancy.

How to pronounce pregnancy:

pregnancy (noun):: the quality of being pregnant (as in meaning); the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.

childbed

cleavage

confinement

eccyesis

ectopic gestation

ectopic pregnancy

entopic pregnancy

extrauterine gestation

extrauterine pregnancy

gestation

gravida

gravidation

gravidity

gravidness

labour

lying-in

maternity

metacyesis

morning sickness

para

parity

parturiency

physical condition

physiological condition

physiological state

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