Hyphenation of serpent

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

ser-pent

Definitions of serpent:

1.	Limbless scaly elongate reptile Some are venomous
2.	A firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
3.	An obsolete bass cornet Resembles a snake

Synonyms of serpent:

noun	snake, ophidian, diapsid, diapsid reptile
noun	firework, pyrotechnic
noun	cornet, horn, trumpet, trump

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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.