hyphen

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hy·phen [hyphen hyphens hyphened hyphening] BrE [ˈhaɪfn] NAmE [ˈhaɪfn] noun
the mark (‐) used to join two words together to make a new one, as in back-up, or to show that a word has been divided between the end of one line and the beginning of the next
•Is there a hyphen in post-mortem?
compare ↑dash

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek huphen ‘together’, from hupo ‘under’ + hen ‘one’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dash, hyphenate