hyphenate

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪfənət/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪf(ə)ˌneɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 F AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) Proto-Indo-European *sem- 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 English -ate English hyphenate From hyphen + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-) Proto-Indo-European *sem- 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 *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English hyphenate From hyphen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пренасям дума (prenasjam duma) — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Finnish: tavuttaa — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• French: mettre la césure — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• German: abteilen — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• German: trennen — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Hungarian: elválaszt — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Portuguese: hifenizar — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Portuguese: hifenar — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Portuguese: translinear — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Spanish: guionizar — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Spanish: guionar — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Swedish: avstava — to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules
• Greek: συλλαβίζω (syllavízo) — to join words or syllables with a hyphen
• Hungarian: kötőjelez — to join words or syllables with a hyphen
• Hungarian: kötőjellel ír — to join words or syllables with a hyphen
• Portuguese: hifenizar — to join words or syllables with a hyphen
• Portuguese: hifenar — to join words or syllables with a hyphen