How many syllables in shingles?

There are 2 syllables in the word shingles.

Divide shingles into syllables:

shingles (noun):: eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia.; an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves that is associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and is caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chicken pox

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