different between apat vs hyphenate

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?pat/

Numeral

apát

1. four

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

apat

1. four

Finnish

Verb

apat

1. Second-person singular indicative present form of appaa.

Anagrams

• pata, tapa

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pat/

Numeral

ápat

1. four

Latin

Verb

apat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of ap?

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?pat/

Numeral

apát

1. four

Swedish

Verb

apat

1. supine of apa.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pat/

Numeral

ápat (Baybayin spelling ????)

1. four

   Synonym: kuwatro

Usage notes

• To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with a -ng when the word ends with a vowel, and a separate word na for a consonant.

  Isang saging, dalawang pinya

  Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

apat

1. four

English

Etymology

hyphen +? -ate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??f(?)ne?t/

Verb

hyphenate (third-person singular simple present hyphenates, present participle hyphenating, simple past and past participle hyphenated)

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

hyphenate (plural hyphenates)

1. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
   • 2006, Nick Adams, Making Friends With Black People (page 15)

     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.

Synonyms

• person