How many syllables in rural?

There are 2 syllables in the word rural.

How to pronounce rural:

rural (adjective):: in or of the countryside; living in or characteristic of farming or country life.; of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture

agrarian

agrestic

agricultural

arcadian

bucolic

campestral

countrified

country

country-bred

country-style

countryfied

cracker-barrel

farming

folksy

hobnailed

homespun

pastoral

provincial

rustic

rustical

upcountry

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