Hyphenation of ancestral

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

an-ces-tral

Definitions of ancestral:

1.	Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent Ancestral home Ancestral lore Hereditary monarchy Patrimonial estate Transmissible tradition
2.	Of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

Synonyms of ancestral:

adj	hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible, inheritable, heritable
adj	relative, relation

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.