sputnik
nounHow many syllables in sputnik?
There are 2 syllables in the word sputnik.How to pronounce sputnik:
Definition of sputnik:
- sputnik (noun):
- a Russian artificial satellite.
- any of a series of earth-orbiting satellites launched by the soviet union beginning in 1957
Synonyms for sputnik:
orbiter
satellite
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- preened
- last-ditch
- laid-back
- lagging
- gestic
- gaffled
- frying
- elope
- detour
- cochlea
- buttock
- assured
- ailment
- weekends
- smothered
- sleighing
- greater
- engraved
- crawled
- appalled
- yawning
- unskilled
- traversed
- stagger
- smoky
- repent
- renew
- privet
- Piav
- peril
- nifty
- matured
- matchless
- entrench
- cyclic
- Cupid
- transpire
- shyly
- shoddy
- righteous
- onset
- linker
- kicked
- homer
- concocts
- climbed
- chooses
- tariff
- songbird
- shotgunned
- … more
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The part of the syllable with the highest pitch or loudest volume is called the syllable nucleus, typically a vowel.
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