Hyphenation of papyrus

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

pa-pyrus

Definitions of papyrus:

1.	Paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat Used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
2.	Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
3.	A document written on papyrus

Synonyms of papyrus:

noun	paper
noun	Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrus, sedge
noun	document, written document, papers

Last hyphenations of this language

paragon corruptible compendium contextual corpulence fiendful Irishwomen earthy peccantly borough outcompete Oahu Jean Banjul bacterial pyromaniac blackbird cybernetician tablecloth

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.