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Vinony

hyphenate

verb

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Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪfənət/ / /ˈhaɪf(ə)ˌneɪt/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English hyphen English -ate English hyphenate From hyphen + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
  2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".

    “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.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English hyphen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English hyphenate From hyphen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
  2. to join words or syllables with a hyphen.

    “you have to hyphenate his surname as it's double-barrelled”