Hyphenation of motif

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

mo-tif

Definitions of motif:

1.	A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
2.	A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
3.	A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work It was the usual `boy gets girl' theme

Synonyms of motif:

noun	design, pattern, figure
noun	motive, theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
noun	theme, idea, thought

Last hyphenations of this language

monochrome Gorky gondola despondency declination developable definitive pin-wheel pickoff tone fluoridation intercourse teleobjective inaneness innumerability fungal interlope fulguration barbacan

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.