If you are asking how many syllables are in the term "the infection", then the answer is four. "The" has one syllable, and "infection" has three: In-FEC-shun. If you want the exact answer, we'd need to know which infection you are asking about. And even then, there are no syllables in any infection: just bacteria and blood and gunky stuff like that. "The" is a definite article, which means you are asking about a single specific infection.
4 syllables am- phi- bi- an
Awake has two syllables. The syllables are a-wake.
There are 14 syllables.
There are two syllables in "wistfully."
There are 3 syllables in symphony:sym/pho/ny
there are 2 syllables in stomach. To see why, search 'How many syllables in attack?'
Happened has two syllables. The syllables are hap-pened.
There are two syllables.
2 syllables
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