Hyphenation of hyphenates

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

hy-phen-ates

Definitions of hyphenates:

1.	Divide or connect with a hyphen Hyphenate these words and names

Last hyphenations of this language

maximizer pride-inspiring tenpounder bararite cyanophoric Black futurist impostures ceratonia non-slavic commentary kanchenjunga ARSA Pelargonium intrapsychical VP systematiser masticic Anaitis

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.