Hyphenation of foreign

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

for-eign

Definitions of foreign :

1.	Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) Foreign trade A foreign office
2.	Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world Foreign nations A foreign accent On business in a foreign city
3.	Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something An economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism The mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper Jealousy is foreign to her nature
4.	Not belonging to that in which it is contained Introduced from an outside source Water free of extraneous matter Foreign particles in milk

Synonyms of foreign :

adj	foreign, abroad, overseas, external, international, outside, international
adj	foreign, adventive, alien, exotic, established, naturalized, foreign-born, nonnative, imported, nonnative, tramontane, unnaturalized, unnaturalised
adj	alien, extrinsic
adj	extraneous, adulterating, adulterant

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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.