Hyphenation of pertain

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

per-tain

Definitions of pertain:

1.	Be relevant to There were lots of questions referring to her talk My remark pertained to your earlier comments
2.	Be a part or attribute of

Synonyms of pertain:

verb	refer, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
verb	appertain, dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.