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1. (n.) hyphen
a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
2. (v.t.) hyphen
to hyphenate.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < LL < Gk hyphén (adv.) together, from prep. phrase hyph' hén=hyp(ó) under (see hypo -) +hén, neut. of heîs one)
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1. (verb) hyphen, dash
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
2. (verb) hyphenate, hyphen
divide or connect with a hyphen
"hyphenate these words and names"
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1. (noun) hyphen
a symbol ( - ) used to connect two words or two parts of a word that are separated at the end of a line of text
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1. (noun) hyphen
a mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words
2. (verb) hyphen
to connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word
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Sense: a short stroke (-) which is used to join two parts of a word or phrase, as in co-exist; a sleeping-bag; a well-thought-out plan.
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 Afrikaans: koppelteken |
 Arabic: خَط وَصل بين كَلِمَتَين |
 Bulgarian: тире |
 Brazilian: hífen |
 Czech: spojovník |
 German: der Bindestrich |
 Danish: bindestreg |
 Greek: ενωτικό (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: guión |
 Estonian: sidekriips |
 Farsi: خط پيوند |
 Finnish: tavuviiva |
 French: trait d'union |
 Hebrew: מַקָף |
 Hindi: योजक चिह्न, हाइफन (-) |
 Croatian: spojnica (crtica izmedu r |
 Hungarian: kötőjel |
 Indonesian: garis pendek |
 Icelandic: bandstrik |
 Italian: trattino, lineetta |
 Japanese: ハイフン |
 Korean: 하이픈 |
 Lithuanian: brūkšnelis |
 Latvian: defise, savienojuma zīme |
 Malay: tanda sengkang |
 Dutch: verbindingsstreepje |
 Norwegian: bindestrek |
 Polish: łącznik |
 Persian: خط پيوند |
 Pashto: د پیوند کرښه |
 Portuguese: hífen |
 Romanian: cratimă |
 Russian: дефис |
 Slovak: spojovník |
 Slovenian: vezaj |
 Serbian: crtica |
 Swedish: bindestreck, divis |
 Thai: เครื่องหมายยัติภังค์ |
 Turkish: kısa tire |
 Taiwanese: 連字號 |
 Ukrainian: сполучна риска, дефіс |
 Urdu: علامت ربط و الحاق |
 Vietnamese: dấu nối |
 Chinese: 连字号 |
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