Hyphenation of lieutenants

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

lieu-tenants

Definitions of lieutenants:

1.	A commissioned military officer
2.	An officer in a police force
3.	An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
4.	An officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard Below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

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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.