en dash

See also: endash and en-dash

English

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en dash

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Alternative forms

• en rule, endash, en-dash, n dash, n-rule, nut dash

Etymology

Named for its width, which is equal to the width of the letter n or N, or approximately half the width of an em dash.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

en dash (plural en dashes)

1. (typography) The punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.

Related terms

• em dash
• en space
• hyphen
• rule

Translations

typographical symbol –

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: pomlčka (cs) f Dutch: half kastlijntje n Finnish: n-viiva (fi), lyhyt ajatusviiva French: tiret demi-cadratin (fr) m German: Halbgeviertstrich (de) m Greek: παύλα (el) f (pávla) Hungarian: félkvirtmínusz Icelandic: tilstrik n, stutt þankastrik n Irish: ein-dais f Italian: lineetta enne f Macedonian: средна црта f (sredna crta) Persian: سه‌چهارم‌خط (se-čahârom-xat) Polish: półpauza (pl) f Portuguese: meia-risca f, meio-traço m Russian: дефи́с (ru) m (defís) Spanish: semirraya f Swedish: tankstreck (sv) n, halvfyrkantsminus (sv) n

Anagrams

• Hadens, handes, shaden