Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyphenated

/hˈaɪfənˌeɪtɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: hy-phen-at-ed
IPA: /hˈaɪfənˌeɪtɪd/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of hyphenate

adj

Written with a hyphen.

adj

Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).

Example Sentences

"People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past."
"Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation."
"[The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity."

Inflected Forms

more hyphenated (comparative) most hyphenated (superlative)

Derived Forms

multihyphenated nonhyphenated unhyphenated

Phrases

hyphenated American

Questions

How do you pronounce hyphenated?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈaɪfənˌeɪtɪd/.
What does hyphenated mean?: simple past and past participle of hyphenate

How to pronounce hyphenated

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