hyphenation

English

Etymology

From hyphen +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• 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) (toġadarj)
• Bengali: হাইফেন (bn) (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, hifenação 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