Hyphenation of Hereditary

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Hereditary? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Hered-i-tary

Definitions of Hereditary:

1.	Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity An inherited disease Familial traits Genetically transmitted features
2.	Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent Ancestral home Ancestral lore Hereditary monarchy Patrimonial estate Transmissible tradition

Synonyms of Hereditary:

adj	familial, genetic, inherited, transmitted, transmissible, inheritable, heritable
adj	ancestral, patrimonial, transmissible, inheritable, heritable

Last hyphenations of this language

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