Hyphenation of telephone

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

tele-phone

Definitions of telephone:

1.	Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds I talked to him on the telephone
2.	Transmitting speech at a distance
3.	Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone I tried to call you all night Take two aspirin and call me in the morning

Synonyms of telephone:

noun	phone, telephone set, electronic equipment
noun	telephony, telecommunication, telecom
verb	call, call up, phone, ring, telecommunicate

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.