hyphen

Etymology
From, from , contracted from , from + , neuter of.

Noun

 * 1) The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
 * 2)  Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.
 * 3) An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
 * 4) Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
 * 1) An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
 * 2) Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
 * 1) Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
 * 1) Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
 * 1) Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

Usage notes
Because the original symbol "-" (technically the hyphen-minus) covered usages aside from hyphenation there have been additional subsequent symbols created for hyphenation needs. They include the "‐" (hyphen), ‑ (non-breaking hyphen) and the non-visible soft hyphen.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: аҵәаӷәаҷ
 * Arabic: شَحْطَة, شَرْطَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: شَرْطَة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani: defis
 * Bashkir: һыҙыҡса
 * Belarusian: злучо́к, дэфі́с, ры́ска
 * Bulgarian:, дефи́с
 * Catalan: guionet
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: nos-junya
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: afbreekteken, ,
 * Esperanto: streketo
 * Estonian: sidekriips
 * Faroese: bindistrika
 * Finnish:, , ;
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: हैफ़ेन
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: tracto de union
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: дефис
 * Khmer: សហសញ្ញា
 * Korean: 붙임표, 하이픈
 * Kyrgyz: дефис
 * Latin: virgula
 * Latvian: defise
 * Lithuanian: brūkšnys
 * Luxembourgish: Bindestréch
 * Macedonian: цртичка
 * Malay: sempang
 * Maori: tohuhono, tohuwehe
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bindestrek
 * Nynorsk: bindestrek
 * Persian: نیم‌خط
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgrìob-cheangail, strìoch, tàthan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: спојница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: spojovník
 * Slovene:, deljaj
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: gitling
 * Thai: ยัติภังค์
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: дефі́с, ри́ска
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: dấu gạch nối, dấu nối
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: cysylltnod, cyplysnod, heiffen

Verb

 * 1)  To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

Noun

 * 1) Old symbol with the shape of a curved stroke, formerly used in French instead of the modern hyphen, with the same function