telephony
nounHow many syllables in telephony?
There are 4 syllables in the word telephony.How to pronounce telephony:
Definition of telephony:
- telephony (noun):
- transmitting speech at a distance.
- the use or operation of an apparatus (such as a telephone) for transmission of sounds as electrical signals between widely removed points
Synonyms for telephony:
call
call waiting
phone call
telecom
telecommunication
telephone
telephone call
voice mail
voicemail
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- teeter-totter
- taylormarie
- tachytelic
- synthesizing
- syntactician
- synalgia
- synalepha
- symptomatic
- symphonious
- sympetalous
- sympathizes
- sycophancy
- supremacy
- suprailiac
- supernova
- suffocation
- sufficiency
- subterranean
- subhanallah
- studebaker
- strabotomy
- stolichnaya
- stipulated
- stimulation
- stimulating
- standard-bearer
- stalemated
- stability
- squillionaire
- spondylosis
- splenorrhexis
- splendiferous
- splanchnology
- spizzerinctum
- speculation
- spaciality
- somnambulist
- sommelier
- somersaulting
- soliloquized
- soliloquize
- solidifies
- solicitor
- solfeggio
- solecism
- socialism
- slovenliness
- slovenia
- slovakia
- skepticism
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
The historical evolution of English has led to the silent 'e' and other silent letters, complicating syllable identification and pronunciation.
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