hyphenation

hyphenation

See also Wiktionary:Hyphenation

English

Etymology

From hyphen +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hī'fənā′shən, IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: hy‧phen‧a‧tion

Noun

hyphenation (countable and uncountable, plural hyphenations)

1. The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens.

   Print the article without hyphenation if you're not sure where to put them.

Coordinate terms

• solid (written as one word, without spaces or hyphens)

Derived terms

• dehyphenation
• mishyphenation

 

Translations

inclusion and location of hyphens

Armenian: (at the end of the line) տողադարձ (hy) (toładarj) Bengali: হাইফেন (haiphen) Bulgarian: пренасяне (bg) n (prenasjane) Czech: dělení slov n Dutch: woordafbreking (nl) f, woordsplitsing f, splitsing in lettergrepen Finnish: tavutus (fi) French: césure (fr) f Georgian: გადატანა (gadaṭana) German: Silbentrennung (de) f, Worttrennung (de) f, Bindestrichschreibung (de) f Greek: ενωτίκευση f (enotíkefsi) Hungarian: elválasztás (hu), kötőjelezés, kötőjeles írás Indonesian: pemenggalan kata (id) Italian: sillabazione (it), compitazione (it) f Latin: please add this translation if you can Polish: dzielenia wyrazów f pl Portuguese: hifenização (pt) f Russian: перено́с (ru) m (perenós) (carry-over), слогоделе́ние (ru) n (slogodelénije) (syllabification), расстано́вка перено́сов f (rasstanóvka perenósov), разби́вка по слога́м f (razbívka po slogám) Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can Slovak: delenie slov n Spanish: silabación (es) f, guionización f Tagalog: palagitlingan

See also

• ‧ (hyphenation point)
• syllabification
• Appendix:English hyphenation