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Punctuation marks

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪf�n|-aɪf�n

Etymology
From LL., from Gr..

Noun
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1. Symbol "-", typically used to join two related words to form a compound noun, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

Related terms
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hyphenated
hyphenation
hyphenator

Translations
trans-top|symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split
Chinese: ��� (lián zì hào)
Czech: spojovník m
Danish: bindestreg
Dutch: koppelteken n, verbindingsstreepje n
Finnish: tavuviiva, yhdysmerkki, yhdysviiva, väliviiva
French: trait d'union m
German: Bindestrich m
Interlingua: tracto de union
Italian: trattino m
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Norwegian: bindestrek m
Polish: dywiz m, ��cznik m
Portuguese: hífen m, traço-de-união m
Romanian: liniuţ� f
Russian: де�и� m
Slovak: poml�ka f
Spanish: guión m
Swedish: bindestreck or divis
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See also
dash
minus, minus sign
Ö¾ (Hebrew maqaf)

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