Hyphenation of ancient

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

an-cient

Definitions of ancient:

1.	A very old person
2.	A person who lived in ancient times
3.	Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire Ancient history Ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians Ancient Greece
4.	Very old An ancient mariner

Synonyms of ancient:

adj	past
adj	old

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.