Hyphenation of paternity

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word paternity? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

pa-ter-ni-ty

Definitions of paternity:

1.	The state of being a father Tests were conducted to determine paternity
2.	The kinship relation between an offspring and the father
3.	The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing The authorship of the theory is disputed

Synonyms of paternity:

noun	state
noun	fatherhood, kinship, family relationship, relationship
noun	authorship, initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration

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.