Hyphenation of prelude

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

pre-lude

Definitions of prelude:

1.	Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows Training is a necessary preliminary to employment Drinks were the overture to dinner
2.	Music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
3.	Serve as a prelude or opening to
4.	Play as a prelude

Synonyms of prelude:

noun	preliminary, overture, origin, origination, inception
noun	music
verb	serve, function
verb	play, spiel

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.