different between hyphen vs polysynthetic

English

Etymology

From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (huphén, “together”), contracted from ??’ ?? (huph’ hén, “under one”), from ??? (hupó, “under”) + ?? (hén, “one”), neuter of ??? (heîs, “one”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?ha?.f?n/
• Rhymes: -a?f?n

Noun

hyphen (plural hyphens)

1. The 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.
3. An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.
4. Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

Usage notes

Because the original symbol "-" (technically the hyphen-minus) covered usages aside from hyphenation there have been additional subsequent symbols created for hyphenation needs. They include the "?" (hyphen), ? (non-breaking hyphen) and the non-visible soft hyphen.

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Verb

hyphen (third-person singular simple present hyphens, present participle hyphening, simple past and past participle hyphened)

1. (transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

Conjunction

hyphen

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

Synonyms

• (used as coordinator): slash, cum

See also

• minus, minus sign
• ? (Hebrew maqaf)
• hyphen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.f?n/

Noun

hyphen m (plural hyphens)

1. Old symbol with the shape of a curved stroke, formerly used in French instead of the modern hyphen, with the same function.

English

Etymology

poly- +? synthetic

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?l?s?nth?t'?k, IPA^(key): /?p?lis?n???t?k/

Adjective

polysynthetic (comparative more polysynthetic, superlative most polysynthetic)

1. (grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
2. (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals

Related terms

• oligosynthetic
• polysynthesis
• polysynthesism
• synthetic

Translations

See also

• agglutinative
• analytic
• fusional
• incorporating
• inflected
• isolating