Hyphenation of parent

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

par-ent

Definitions of parent:

1.	A father or mother One who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child A relative who plays the role of guardian
2.	An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
3.	Bring up Raise a family Bring up children

Synonyms of parent:

noun	genitor
verb	rear, raise, bring up, nurture

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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.