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hyphenation

hyphenation

See also Wiktionary:Hyphenation

English

Noun

hyphenation ‎(plural hyphenations)

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:
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:
Spanish: separación silábica
Tagalog: palagitlingan

See also

‧ (hyphenation point)