hífen

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin hyphen, from Ancient Greek ὑφέν (huphén, “together”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈi.fẽj̃/ [ˈi.fẽɪ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: hí‧fen

Noun

hífen m (plural hífenes or (Brazil) hifens)

  1. hyphen
    Synonym: (colloquial) tracinho

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hífen” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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