How many syllables in unicorn?

There are 3 syllables in the word unicorn.

How to pronounce unicorn:

unicorn (noun):: an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead.; a mythical, usually white animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse with long flowing mane and tail and a single often spiraled horn in the middle of the forehead

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