Hyphenation of carboniferous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word carboniferous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

car-bonif-er-ous

Synonyms of carboniferous:

adj	period, geological period
adj	carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, chemical element, element
noun	Carboniferous, Carboniferous period, period, geological period

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.