Hyphenation of maiden

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

maid-en

Definitions of maiden:

1.	An unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
2.	(cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
3.	Serving to set in motion The magazine's inaugural issue The initiative phase in the negotiations An initiatory step toward a treaty His first (or maiden) speech in Congress The liner's maiden voyage

Synonyms of maiden:

adj	inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, opening
noun	maid, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
noun	maiden over, over

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.