Hyphenation of Oriental

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

Ori-en-tal

Definitions of Oriental:

1.	A member of an Oriental race The term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
2.	Denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia Oriental civilization

Synonyms of Oriental:

adj	Asian, eastern
noun	Oriental, oriental person, Asian, Asiatic

Last hyphenations of this language

scissel passel conterminous stamen ORGANIZATIONS shanghai codevelops teeth Lettish Antidisestablishmentarianism pestering inarch tetragonus thick-grown sowlth folksay exclude adderwort sleepwear

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.