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Hyphenation for “family”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “family”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "family" 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 “family” 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: „family“ ⟶ „fam-i-ly“.

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 "family"

family >> ˈfamɪli

Definition: [noun] a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
Example: the family lived in a large house with a lot of land

Synonyms of "family"

household | ménage | nuclear family | brood |

Definition: [noun] all the descendants of a common ancestor.
Example: the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years

Synonyms of "family"

ancestry | parentage | birth | pedigree | genealogy | background | family tree | descent | lineage | line | line of descent | bloodline | blood | extraction | derivation | race | strain | stock | breed | dynasty | house | forebears | forefathers | antecedents | progenitors | roots | origins | filiation | stirps |

Definition: [noun] a group of related things.
Example: all manuscripts that share this reading constitute a family

Synonyms of "family"

Definition: [adjective] designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.
Example: a family newspaper

Synonyms of "family"