A/me/ri/can - 4 syllables
The word American has four syllables. The syllables are A-mer-i-can.
The word American in American Express should always have the "r" in it. The Company American Express would be very unhappy to see it spelled without the "r".
One American usage of the word "dock" and probably the most common, is a pier, a structure where you can land boats.
When you break down the etymology of the word you come up with:"Lex" which means "Law" and "Ton" which is a form of "Town" or "City".The "-ing" sets the word Lex as an action.Therefore the whole word would mean something along the lines of "City Where the Law Happens" or simplified "City of the Law"
chief / master or either way chairholder.
To split the word "syllables" into its individual syllables, you can break it down like this: syl-la-bles.
in-noc-ent
Sound out the word and the breaks are syllables. Starvation would be star-va-tion.
The word "helmet" has two syllables. The syllable break-down is "hel" and "met."
Sound out the word and the breaks are syllables. Burpee would be bur-pee.
un der neath
There are two syllables: Jad-ed.
There are two syllables: Deft-ly.
There are two syllables: O-bese.
word-shop-per. TA-DA
the word fruit has only one syllable
There are four syllables like so: par-tic-i-pate.