"hyphenation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hyphenation.wav Forms: hyphenations [plural]
enPR: hī'fənā′shən Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From hyphen + -ation. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|hyphen|-ation}} hyphen + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hyphenation (countable and uncountable, plural hyphenations)
  1. The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens. Wikipedia link: hyphenation Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: dehyphenation, mishyphenation Related terms: (english: hyphenation point), syllabification Coordinate_terms: solid [literary] Translations (inclusion and location of hyphens): տողադարձ (toġadarj) (english: at the end of the line) (Armenian), হাইফেন (haiphen) (Bengali), пренасяне (prenasjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), dělení slov [neuter] (Czech), woordafbreking [feminine] (Dutch), woordsplitsing [feminine] (Dutch), splitsing in lettergrepen (Dutch), tavutus (Finnish), césure [feminine] (French), გადატანა (gadaṭana) (Georgian), Silbentrennung [feminine] (German), Worttrennung [feminine] (German), Bindestrichschreibung [feminine] (German), συλλαβισμός (syllavismós) [feminine] (Greek), elválasztás (Hungarian), kötőjelezés (Hungarian), kötőjeles írás (Hungarian), pemenggalan kata (Indonesian), sillabazione (Italian), compitazione [feminine] (Italian), тасымал (tasymal) (Kazakh), dzielenie wyrazów [neuter] (Polish), hifenização [feminine] (Portuguese), hifenação [feminine] (Portuguese), перено́с (perenós) (english: carry-over) [masculine] (Russian), слогоделе́ние (slogodelénije) [neuter] (Russian), расстано́вка перено́сов (rasstanóvka perenósov) [feminine] (Russian), разби́вка по слога́м (razbívka po slogám) [feminine] (Russian), delenie slov [neuter] (Slovak), silabación [feminine] (Spanish), guionización [feminine] (Spanish), palagitlingan (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
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      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hifenização"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hifenação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "carry-over",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perenós",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перено́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slogodelénije",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "слогоделе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasstanóvka perenósov",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "расстано́вка перено́сов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbívka po slogám",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "разби́вка по слога́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "delenie slov"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "silabación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guionización"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "inclusion and location of hyphens",
      "word": "palagitlingan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hyphenation"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": syllabification vs. slogodelénije",
  "path": [
    "hyphenation"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "hyphenation",
  "trace": ""
}

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