hyphenate

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de relier des mots ou des syllabes par un trait d'union.

A verb used to indicate the act of joining words or syllables with a hyphen.

1. Insert a hyphenB2formal

   To join or separate words or syllables using a hyphen punctuation mark.

   Insérer un trait d'union

   • You should hyphenate compound words like 'mother-in-law'.
   • The editor asked the author to hyphenate certain terms for clarity.
   • Make sure to hyphenate numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.

   Synonymeshyphen