Hyphenation of extinct

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

ex-tinct

Definitions of extinct:

1.	No longer in existence Lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives An extinct species of fish An extinct royal family Extinct laws and customs
2.	(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive An extinct volcano
3.	Being out or having grown cold Threw his extinct cigarette into the stream The fire is out

Synonyms of extinct:

adj	extinct, nonextant, dead, nonexistent
adj	extinct, inactive, dead
adj	out, dead

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.