How many syllables in synalepha?

There are 4 syllables in the word synalepha.

How to pronounce synalepha:

synalepha (noun):: the blending into one syllable of two vowels of adjacent syllables (as by crasis, synaeresis, synizesis, elision); a contraction of syllables by obscuring or suppressing a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word before another vowel or diphthong (as in th' army, for the army)

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