Hyphenation of illegitimate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word illegitimate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

il-le-git-i-mate

Definitions of illegitimate:

1.	The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
2.	Contrary to or forbidden by law An illegitimate seizure of power Illicit trade An outlaw strike Unlawful measures
3.	Of marriages and offspring Not recognized as lawful

Synonyms of illegitimate:

adj	illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful, illegal
adj	illegitimate, adulterine, base, baseborn, bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious, fatherless, left-handed, unlawful, wrongful, illegal, invalid, unauthorized, unauthorised
noun	bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, whoreson, offspring, progeny, issue

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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.