one
There are two syllables. A-board.
There are two syllables in the word "snowboard". (Snow-board)
The word backboard has two syllables. Back-board.
Two syllables form the word skateboard -- skate and board.
One.
Memory is not one or two syllables; it is three syllables.
Two syllables
"Squirrels" has two syllables. It is frequently pronounced with one, but it has two.
The word skate has one syllable.
How many syllables is your name?
There are two syllables in 'brother'. Bro-ther.
A one syllable word only has one syllable. For examples, consider the differences between these words for syllable counts:on (one syllable), versus onward (two syllables)up (one syllable), versus upward (two syllables)two one syllable), versus twofold (two syllables)to (one syllable), versus toward (two syllables)house (one syllable), versus household (two syllables)store (one syllable), versus storeroom (two syllables)mail (one syllable), versus mailbox (two syllables)