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A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
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A word boundary, as operationally defined by either linguistics or computing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
woordafbreking
— a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen
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French:
coupure
— a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen
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German:
Worttrennung
— a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen
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Hungarian:
elválasztás
— a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen
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Hungarian:
szóelválasztás
— a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen
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Spanish:
salto de palabra
— a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen
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Spanish:
linde de palabra
— a word boundary
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Spanish:
limes de palabra
— a word boundary