Hyphenation of matriarch

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

ma-tri-arch

Definitions of matriarch:

1.	A female head of a family or tribe
2.	A feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

Synonyms of matriarch:

noun	materfamilias, woman, adult female, head of household
noun	woman, adult female

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.