hyphenation

See also Wiktionary:Hyphenation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%haIf@"neIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: hy‧phen‧ation

Etymology

hyphen +‎ -ation

Noun

Wikipedia hyphenation (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.

Translations

inclusion and location of hyphens

• Armenian: (at the end of the line) տողադարձ (hy) (toġadarj) 
• Dutch: woordafbreking f, woordsplitsing f, splitsing in lettergrepen
• Finnish: tavutus (fi)
• French: césure (fr) f
• German: Silbentrennung (de) f, Worttrennung (de) f
• Greek: ενωτίκευση (el) f (enotíkefsi)

• Italian: sillabazione (it)
• Portuguese: hifenização (pt) f
• Russian: перенос (ru) (perenós) m  (carry-over), слогоделение (ru) (slogodelénije) n  (syllabification), расстановка переносов (rasstanóvka perenósov) f, разбивка по слогам (razbívka po slogám) f
• Spanish: separación silábica (es)

See also

• ‧ (hyphenation point)