There are two syllables. Lone-some.
The comparative form of "lonesome" is "more lonesome," and the superlative form is "most lonesome." In English grammar, adjectives like "lonesome" that have three or more syllables typically form their comparative and superlative forms using "more" and "most" rather than adding "-er" or "-est" to the end of the word.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
The word 'answer' has 2 syllables. An-swer.
There are four syllables in the word "usually".
The word has three syllables.
The syllables in the word what is only 1 : "what".
The word apotex has three syllables. The syllables in the word are a-po-tex.
The word prophets has two syllables. The syllables of the word are pro-phets.
4 syllables are in the word di·ver·si·ty.
Their are two syllables in the word silly.
2 syllables are in the word nuisance. :)
2 syllables in the word weekend