hyphenation

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-)

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *sḗm

Proto-Indo-European *sémsder.

Proto-Hellenic *hens

Ancient Greek εἷς, μῐ́ᾰ, ἕν (heîs, mĭ́ă, hén)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔φ’ ἕν (hŭph’ hén)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔φέν (hŭphén)bor.

Late Latin hyphenlbor.

English hyphen

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English hyphenation

From hyphen + -ation.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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 — see also syllabation

• Armenian: (at the end of the line) տողադարձ (hy) (toġadarj)
• Bengali: হাইফেন (bn) (haiphen)
• Bulgarian: пренасяне (bg) n (prenasjane), сричкопренасяне (bg) n (sričkoprenasjane)
• 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: συλλαβισμός (el) f (syllavismós)
• Hungarian: elválasztás (hu), kötőjelezés, kötőjeles írás
• Indonesian: pemenggalan kata (id)
• Italian: sillabazione (it), compitazione (it) f
• Kazakh: тасымал (tasımal)
• Latin: hyphenātiō f
• Polish: dzielenie wyrazów n
• 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
• Tagalog: palagitlingan

See also

• dash case, kebab case
• hyphenator
• syllabication
• syllabification
• ‧ (hyphenation point)
• Appendix:English hyphenation