Hyphenation of couvade

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

cou-vade

Definitions of couvade:

1.	A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child

Synonyms of couvade:

noun	custom, usage, usance

Last hyphenations of this language

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