Polyglot Dictionary

hyphen

/ˈhaɪfən/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
hyphens

Meaning

  1. guion

    • Join the two words with a hyphen.

      Une las dos palabras con un guion.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

screenplay

Spanish guion covers two totally unrelated English words: a hyphen is the short punctuation mark (-); a screenplay is the written script for a film.

Similar in other languages

German

Gedankenstrich

Close — a hyphen relates to a dash.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa hyphen?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Join the two words with a ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a hyphen?

noun

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