Hyphenation of mongoose

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

mon-goose

Definitions of mongoose:

1.	Agile grizzled Old World viverrine Preys on snakes and rodents

Synonyms of mongoose:

noun	viverrine, viverrine mammal, Herpestes, genus Herpestes

Last hyphenations of this language

phreno- hemipod delirious unionic mislead predoom flancards Dendroica pandies coroutine waltrot hemiform vouvrays harnpan gambist Methyls reweave distract Salangia

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.