Hyphenation of principal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word principal ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

prin-ci-pal

Definitions of principal :

1.	The original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
2.	The educator who has executive authority for a school She sent unruly pupils to see the principal
3.	An actor who plays a principal role
4.	Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
5.	(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
6.	The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange Buys and sells for his own account
7.	Most important element The chief aim of living The main doors were of solid glass The principal rivers of America The principal example Policemen were primary targets The master bedroom A master switch

Synonyms of principal :

adj	chief, main, primary, important, of import
noun	debt
noun	school principal, head teacher, head, educator, pedagogue
noun	star, lead, actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
noun	corpus, principal sum, capital
noun	dealer, financier, moneyman

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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.