Syllables in the word mosaic?

[shumway]

I say the word mosaic has two syllables. My sister and every other person she has surveyed says it has three. What do you think?

How do you pronounce 'heroic' OP?

2 here - mo-zake.

Am v.v close to Robin Hood country.

Heroic has 3 syllables - he-ro-ic.

2, mo-zake

Agree heroic has 3 syllables - but better to compare like with like and choose a word with "aic" at the end imo.

I would say eg for-mu-lay-ic rather than for-mu-lake, but mo-zayk Am from London.

1. I am from the US.

had a quick check with the online dictionaries and some(most) seem to favour a 3-syllable pronounciation, but the OED is going for 2.

I agree it should have three but in my world it barely has two - m'zayk :o

I say it with three, mo-zay-ic.

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Heroic and formulaic I say with the -ic bit but not mosaic. I'm from the East of England.

3 syllables and I speak like the Queen would if she had spent considerable time in the East Midlands.

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I'm an Australian, and go for the two syllable pronunciation of mo-zake. No logic as to why. All other -aic words I split apart as in "pro-zay-ik".

2 - mo zake

Three. Mo-zay-ic.

Why on earth would someone bump a five year old ZOMBIE thread to post this?

But anyway, mosaic has three syllables.

zombie
Why resurrect a 5 year old thread

Zom-bie, 2 syllables

I've only ever heard 2. I feel odd now.

2 - mo-zayk

Mosaic, prosaic, go say it.