en dash

See also: endash and en-dash

English

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.

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