Hyphenation of pertain

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

per-tain

Definitions of pertain:

1.	Be relevant to There were lots of questions referring to her talk My remark pertained to your earlier comments
2.	Be a part or attribute of

Synonyms of pertain:

verb	refer, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
verb	appertain, dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in

Last hyphenations of this language

glistered premixture double-bitt collaborates cisternae agnomical preteriteness soundless audience ichthyophthirius indicate whitlowwort dumah planted EXPOSURE irreviewable gratefulnesses costive tetramerous

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