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en dash

en dash noun: the punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.

Noun

en dash (plural en dashes)

  1. The punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.
    Synonyms:
    en rule, n-rule, nut dash

en dash meaning in Tamil and Persian

en dash in Tamil

சற்று நீளமான இணைக் கோடு

en dash in Persian

typographical symbol –
سهچهارمخط se-čahârom-xat

Synonyms of en dash

Forms of en dash

pluralen dashes
alternative formendash
alternative formen-dash
alternative formn dash

Origin of en dash

Named for its width, which is equal to the width of the letter n or N, or approximately half the width of an em dash.

Questions about en dash

What does en dash mean?
En dash means the punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.
What is en dash in Tamil?
En dash in Tamil is சற்று நீளமான இணைக் கோடு. See En dash meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is en dash?
En dash is a noun.
What is the plural of en dash?
The plural of en dash is en dashes.

Words near en dash in the dictionary

  1. en caul
  2. en clair
  3. en coup de sabre
  4. en creux
  5. en croix
  6. en dash
  7. en dashes
  8. en echelon
  9. en face
  10. en famille
  11. en femme

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: en dash (page history and authors); en dash (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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