Definizione monolingua

hyphen

hyphen (plural hyphens)

1. Symbol ""-"", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
2. (figuratively) Something that links two more consequential things.

hyphen

1. Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation ""-"".
   • 1945, Robert Gessner, Youth is the time:

     You are sitting at the wrong table, if I may be so bold, among the misguided who believe in the mass murder of mentalities, otherwise known as the liberal arts hyphen vocational training hyphen education.

   • 1950, Cleveland Amory, Home town:

     Ax was now a Hollywood hyphenated man. An actor hyphen director hyphen writer.

   • 1983, Linda Crawford, Vanishing acts:

     He described himself as a poet-composer and actually said the word hyphen when he did so: ""Im a poet hyphen composer.

   • 1983, David S. Reiss, M*A*S*H: the exclusive, inside story of TVs most popular show:

     He is an actor (hyphen) writer (hyphen) director. In the fifth year of the series Alan Alda added another title to his growing list — that of creative consultant.

   • 2007, Stephen M. Murphy, What If Holden Caulfield Went to Law School?, page 65:

     One reason he has avoided reading legal thrillers is that “they seem really to have been written by lawyer-hyphen-authors.”

Definizione dizionario hyphen

lineetta

	trattino
	symbol used to join words or to indicate a word has been split

	segno meno
	The ? character, used to break a word between syllables at the end of a line or to separate the parts of a compound word.

tratto d'unione

Altri significati:

Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".

A symbol typically used to join two related words to form a compound noun, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

(colloquial) Used to refer to a person with a hyphenated name

Symbol "-

(figuratively) Something that links two more consequential things.