hyphenate

English

Etymology

hyphen +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌɪf(ə)neɪt/

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• hyphenated
• multihyphenated
• unhyphenate
• unhyphenated

 

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: пренасям дума (prenasjam duma)
• Finnish: tavuttaa (fi)
• French: mettre la césure
• German: abteilen (de)
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• Greek: ενωτικεύω (el) (enotikévo)
• 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".
2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
   • 2006, Nick Adams, Making Friends With Black People (page 15)

     We seem to have settled on African-American, and at first glance it certainly does seem logical. […] Not to mention what happens when hyphenates marry other hyphenates and have baby hyphenates.

Synonyms

• person