Hyphenation of lightning

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

light-ning

Definitions of lightning:

1.	Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
2.	The flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash) Can scintillate for a second or more

Synonyms of lightning:

noun	atmospheric electricity
noun	flash

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.