hyphenated
hyphenated is the simple past and past participle of hyphenate.
Adjective
hyphenated (comparative more hyphenated, superlative most hyphenated)
- Written with a hyphen.
- Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
- Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
- [The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.2005 October 28, Edwin A. Sumcad, “Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right”, in American Chronicle, archived from the original on 25 May 2006
Meaning of hyphenate
Verb
hyphenate (third-person singular simple present hyphenates, present participle hyphenating, simple past and past participle hyphenated)
- 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.
- to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
- you have to hyphenate his surname as it's double-barrelled
Forms of hyphenated
| comparative | more hyphenated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hyphenated |
Words formed from hyphenated
Phrases with hyphenated
Questions about hyphenated
- What does hyphenated mean?
- Hyphenated means written with a hyphen.
- What is hyphenated the simple past and past participle of?
- Hyphenated is the simple past and past participle of hyphenate.
- What part of speech is hyphenated?
- Hyphenated is an adjective.
Words near hyphenated in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyphenated (page history and authors); hyphenate (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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