How many syllables in proportion?

There are 3 syllables in the word proportion.

Divide proportion into syllables:

proportion (noun):: relative size or extent; harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole balance, symmetry; the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole.

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