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water-repellent

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "water-repellent" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

4 syllables
15 characters
English (US)
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “water-repellent” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
4syllables

water-repellent

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

water-repellent is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, water-repellent is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofwater-repellent

1noun
  • A chemical used to make fabric water-repellent.
1adjective
  • That slows the penetration of water (but is not waterproof).

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