you have to hyphenate his surname as it's double-barrelled
Source: wiktionary
Hyphenate
//ˈhaɪf(ə)ˌneɪt//
Synonyms for "hyphenate" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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6 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пренасям дума verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
Finnish
1 entries- tavuttaa verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
French
1 entries- mettre la césure verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
German
2 entries- abteilen verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
- trennen verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
Greek
1 entries- συλλαβίζω verb (to join words or syllables with a hyphen)
Hungarian
3 entries- elválaszt verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
- kötőjelez verb (to join words or syllables with a hyphen)
- kötőjellel ír verb (to join words or syllables with a hyphen)
Portuguese
4 entries- hifenar verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
- hifenar verb (to join words or syllables with a hyphen)
- hifenizar verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
- hifenizar verb (to join words or syllables with a hyphen)
Spanish
2 entries- guionar verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
- guionizar verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
Swedish
1 entries- avstava verb (to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
We seem to have settled on African-American, and at first glance it certainly does seem logical. […] Not to mention what happens when hyphenates marry other hyphenates and have baby hyphenates.
Source: wiktionary
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