word break

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From word +‎ break.

Noun

word break (plural word breaks)

(usually) A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division.
A word boundary, as operationally defined by either linguistics or computing.

Related terms

line break, page break, paragraph break, section break

Translations

a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen

Dutch: woordafbreking (nl) f
French: coupure (fr) f
German: Worttrennung (de) f
Hungarian: elválasztás (hu), szóelválasztás