soft hyphen

noun

A generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.

Similar
discretionary hyphen
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Meanings

nounsoft hyphen (plural soft hyphens)

plural soft hyphens

  1. computingA generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.

    Synonyms: discretionary hyphen

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed.

Similar
discretionary hyphen

Translations

German weiches Trennzeichen, bedingter Trennstrich
  • weiches Trennzeichena generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed
  • bedingter Trennstricha generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed
  • weicher Trennstricha generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed
  • bedingtes Trennzeichena generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed
Hungarian puha kötőjel, puha elválasztójel
  • puha kötőjela generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed
  • puha elválasztójela generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later reflowed
Cite this entry
APA

soft hyphen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20hyphen

MLA

“soft hyphen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20hyphen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft hyphen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20hyphen.

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