hyphenation

See also Wiktionary:Hyphenation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: hy‧phen‧a‧tion

Etymology

From 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) ‎(toładarj)
• Bengali: হাইফেন ‎(hā'iphēna)
• 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
• Greek: ενωτίκευση (el) f ‎(enotíkefsi)
• Indonesian: pemenggalan kata

• Italian: sillabazione (it)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: dzielenia wyrazów f pl
• Portuguese: hifenização (pt) 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
• Spanish: separación silábica
• Tagalog: palagitlingan

See also

• ‧ (hyphenation point)