hyphenation

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English

Etymology

From hyphen +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

• dehyphenation
• mishyphenation

 

Translations

inclusion and location of hyphens

• Armenian: (at the end of the line) տողադարձ (hy) (toładarj)
• Bengali: হাইফেন (hā'iphēna)
• 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
• Greek: ενωτίκευση (el) f (enotíkefsi)

• Indonesian: pemenggalan kata (id)
• Italian: sillabazione (it)
• 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
• Spanish: separación silábica
• Tagalog: palagitlingan

See also

• ‧ (hyphenation point)