Hyphenation of maternal

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

ma-ter-nal

Definitions of maternal:

1.	Characteristic of a mother Warm maternal affection for her guest- Dorothy Sayers
2.	Relating to or derived from one's mother Maternal genes
3.	Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent Parental guidance
4.	Related on the mother's side My maternal grandmother

Synonyms of maternal:

adj	maternal, maternalistic, motherly, motherlike, matriarchal
adj	parent
adj	parental, paternal
adj	enate, enatic, related

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.