different between hyphenated vs hyphenate

English

Verb

hyphenated

1. simple past tense and past participle of hyphenate

   People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past.

Adjective

hyphenated (comparative more hyphenated, superlative most hyphenated)

1. Written with a hyphen.

   Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.

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

Translations

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