Hyphenation of latent

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

la-tent

Definitions of latent:

1.	Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized A latent fingerprint Latent talent
2.	(pathology) not presently active Latent infection Latent diabetes

Synonyms of latent:

adj	potential, possible
adj	inactive

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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