Hyphenation of patois

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

pa-tois

Definitions of patois:

1.	A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) They don't speak our lingo
2.	A regional dialect of a language (especially French) Usually considered substandard

Synonyms of patois:

noun	cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, vernacular, non-standard speech
noun	dialect, idiom, accent

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.