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Hyphenation for “brownie”

Showing how to split the syllables of “brownie”.

What is the correct hyphenation for “brownie”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "brownie" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “brownie” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „brownie“ ⟶ „brown-ie“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "brownie"

brownie >> /ˈbraʊni/

Definition: [noun] A small square of rich chocolate cake, typically containing nuts.
Example: Like brownies, chocolate cake is loved by everyone.

Definition: [noun] A member of the junior branch of the Girl Scouts, for girls aged between about 6 and 8.
Example: for my birthday I want to join the Brownies

Definition: [noun] A benevolent elf supposed to haunt houses and do housework secretly.
Example: It wasn't often that Murdoch truly appreciated a practical joke but Johnny's contention that they had a leprechaun or a brownie in the house was too good to pass up.