2 It can be argued that 2 is correct; it can also be argued that there is one syllable in fire. There are many words like this that can be pronounced with an unstressed syllable at the end, like fire (F'EYE-er), or door (DOE-er), etc. It's not incorrect to pronounce them this way. I think most standard sources would conclude that one syllable is the answer.
Two syllables. Camp-fire.
two. fi-re
2 - fire / works Some people might pronounce the whole word with 3 syllables, and the "fire" with 2 syllables - e.g. "fi -er-works"
The word has three syllables.
The word managed has two syllables. The syllables in the word are man-aged.
Two syllables. Camp-fire.
two. fi-re
2 - fire / works Some people might pronounce the whole word with 3 syllables, and the "fire" with 2 syllables - e.g. "fi -er-works"
Firefighter has 3 if you count fire as one syllable or 4 if you count fire as 2 syllables. Honestly, I think that it is four. Fi-re-fight-er
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.
There are three syllables in the word taxation. The syllables of the word are tax-a-tion.
The word prophets has two syllables. The syllables of the word are pro-phets.
The word burnol has two syllables. The syllables in the word are bur-nol.