Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification

How many syllables in Axis?

axis has 2 syllables

axis

An imaginary line around which an object rotates or is symmetrically arranged.

The first syllable 'ax' has one vowel 'a' and one consonant 'x'. The second syllable 'is' has one vowel 'i' and one consonant 's'.

Noun

The Earth rotates on its axis.

The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.
Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.
The axis of the earth and the great circle perpendicular to it define the two poles of the earth.
The axis of the earth is its only firm line in the midst of a universe of unformed gases.
The axis of the earth is tilted so that green crops can grow during the warm months, and during the cold months, the sun is lower in the sky so that the warmth of the sun can be trapped by the earth's atmosphere.