Hyphenation of diminutive

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

diminu-tive

Definitions of diminutive:

1.	A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
2.	Very small Diminutive in stature A lilliputian chest of drawers Her petite figure Tiny feet The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Synonyms of diminutive:

adj	bantam, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, small
noun	word

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.