hyphenate

English

Verb

hyphenate (third-person singular simple present hyphenates, present participle hyphenating, simple past and past participle hyphenated)

1. (transitive) To break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
2. (transitive) To join words or syllables with a hyphen.

Translations

to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules

• Finnish: tavuttaa (fi)
• French: mettre la césure (fr) n
• German: abteilen

• Greek: ενωτικεύω
• Hungarian: elválaszt (hu)
• Swedish: avstava (sv)

Noun

hyphenate (plural hyphenates)

1. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".