hyphen

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈhaɪ.fən/, SAMPA: /"haI.f@n/

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Noun

Singular hyphen

Plural hyphens

1. (countable) A hyphen is the sign "-", typically used to join two related words to form a compound noun, or to show that a word has been split at the end of a line.

Related words

• hyphenate
• hyphenation

Punctuation marks (edit)

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) • brackets ( [] ) • braces ( {} ) • colon ( : ) • comma ( , ) • dashes ( – ) ( — ) • ellipsis ( ... ) • exclamation mark ( ! ) • hyphen ( ‐ ) ( - ) • parentheses ( () ) • period / full stop ( . ) • question mark ( ? ) • quotation marks ( ' ' ) ( " " ) • semicolon ( ; ) • slash ( / ) Other: ampersand ( & ) • asterisk ( * ) • at ( @ ) • backslash ( \ ) • bullet ( • ) ( · ) • degree ( ° ) • number sign / pound sign ( # ) • tilde ( ~ ) • underscore ( _ ) • vertical bar / pipe ( | ) •