appreciate

[mmasny]

How many syllables are there in this word?
a-ppre-ciate
or
a-ppre-ci-ate?

 

[Mzungu39]

Four, the second one.

 

[mmasny]

Is it so everywhere or are there any exceptions?

 

[Raymott]

There's four everywhere.
Also in: negotiate, depreciate, conciliate, etc.
I can't think of any (English) '-iate' words where this suffix is not pronounced as two syllables.