Hyphen

//ˈhaɪ.fən//

Synonyms for "hyphen" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Conjunction(1 words)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)

Related words (4)

Conjunction(1 words)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Translations

97 translations across 62 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • аҵәаӷәаҷ noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Arabic

3 entries
  • شَحْطَة noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • شَرْطَة noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • شَرْطَة noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Armenian

3 entries
  • դեֆիս noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • ենթամնա noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • միության գծիկ noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • defis noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һыҙыҡса noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • дэфі́с noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • злучо́к noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • ры́ска noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • дефи́с noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • тире́ noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Catalan

1 entries
  • guionet noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 連字號 /连字号 noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Cornish

1 entries
  • nos-junya noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Czech

1 entries
  • spojovník noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Danish

1 entries
  • bindestreg noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afbreekteken noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • koppelteken noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • verbindingsstreepje noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • streketo noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Estonian

1 entries
  • sidekriips noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bindistrika noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Finnish

4 entries
  • tavuviiva noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • väliviiva noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • yhdysmerkki noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • yhdysviiva noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

French

3 entries
  • tiret noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • tiret du noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • trait d'union noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დეფისი noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

German

1 entries
  • Bindestrich noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Greek

1 entries
  • ενωτικό noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַקָּף noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Hindi

1 entries
  • हैफ़ेन noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • diviz noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • elválasztójel noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • kötőjel noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • választójel noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bandstrik noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • tracto de union noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Irish

1 entries
  • fleiscín noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Italian

1 entries
  • trattino noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ハイフン noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • дефис noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សហសញ្ញា noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Korean

2 entries
  • 붙임표 noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • 하이픈 noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • дефис noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Latin

1 entries
  • virgula noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Latvian

1 entries
  • defise noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • brūkšnys noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Bindestréch noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • цртичка noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Malay

1 entries
  • sempang noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • зураас noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Māori

2 entries
  • tohuhono noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • tohuwehe noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bindestrek noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • bindestrek noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Persian

2 entries
  • خط تیره noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • خط فاصله noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Polish

2 entries
  • dywiz noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • łącznik noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • hífen noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • traço noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cratimă noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • liniuță de unire noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Russian

2 entries
  • дефи́с noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • чёрточка noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • sgrìob-cheangail noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • strìoch noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • tàthan noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • spojnica noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • спојница noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Slovak

1 entries
  • spojovník noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Slovene

2 entries
  • deljaj noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • vezaj noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Spanish

1 entries
  • guion noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bindestreck noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • divis noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • gitling noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • giyon noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Thai

1 entries
  • ยัติภังค์ noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kısa çizgi noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • tire noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • дефі́с noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • ри́ска noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • defis noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • dấu gạch nối noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • dấu nối noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Volapük

1 entries
  • yümamalül noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cyplysnod noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • cysylltnod noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)
  • heiffen noun (symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It would be great if I could use a hyphen in my username.

Source: tatoeba (3148208)

You can spell it with or without a hyphen.

Source: tatoeba (5366352)

The fault was traced partly to a missing hyphen in communications software.

Source: tatoeba (6558299)

Does it matter at all whether the word burnout is with a hyphen or not?

Source: tatoeba (6784633)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.