hyphens
Meaning of hyphens
plural noun
the sign -, used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence (as in a pick-me-up, rock-forming minerals ), to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line, or to indicate a missing element (as in short- and long-term ).
early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek huphen ‘together’, from hupo ‘under’ + hen ‘one’.
Information about hyphens
- It is a name.
- The singular form of hyphens is: hyphen.
- Languages in which hyphens is used:
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Hyphenation of hyphens
hy-phens
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- hyphens is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with hyphens
hens, attrahens, peahens, Chechens, Hichens, cratchens, goschens, groschens, kitchens, kuchens, lichens, richens, witchens, mudhens, woodhens, Huyghens, roughens, toughens, hazelhens, Cohens, Kohens, cohens, kohens, Stephens, acetaminophens, sephens, thiophens, dakerhens, gorhens, moorhens, waterhens, freshens, harshens, parishens, refreshens, Athens, Githens, athens, burthens, disburthens, heathens, lengthens, nonheathens, overburthens, overlengthens, restrengthens, sithens, smoothens, strengthens, thens