Hyphenation of Hyphen

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Hyphen? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Hy-phen

Definitions of Hyphen:

1.	A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
2.	Divide or connect with a hyphen Hyphenate these words and names

Synonyms of Hyphen:

noun	dash, punctuation, punctuation mark
verb	hyphenate, spell, write

Last hyphenations of this language

Nottage Tziganies unleaved Phyllostomus unodiously christocentric flurr unnormally panna Pedata Ecumenical Lyndhurst Moriscan meiostemonous crape-fish Graduate parcelwise tracheary bureaux

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.