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Punctuation [Translingual]

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  1. Encloses a quotation in some languages. Related terms (Curved double quotation marks): · ” ” · „ ” · „ (english: · ‟), · „ · ‟ (english: ·) Related terms (Curved single quotation marks): ‘ ’ · ’ ’ · ‚ ’ · ‚ ‘ · ’ ‘ · ‛ ’
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-TzrJk4Vh Disambiguation of 'Curved double quotation marks': 35 26 3 7 5 8 5 10 Disambiguation of 'Curved single quotation marks': 35 26 3 7 5 8 5 10
  2. Encloses text that the author does not approve. See scare quotes. Categories (topical): Translingual punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-Wbv7PpCx Disambiguation of Translingual punctuation marks: 6 12 5 11 14 19 13 19
  3. (sarcastic) Encloses text with a sarcastic tone. Tags: sarcastic
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-9utVq6dX
  4. Indicates that the enclosed text uses a figurative meaning. Categories (topical): Translingual punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-DyluSQtA Disambiguation of Translingual punctuation marks: 6 12 5 11 14 19 13 19
  5. Encloses a title of a work that appears within a larger work, such as an episode of a TV series, a short story, a poem or a newspaper article. Categories (topical): Translingual punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-tdBpR7nQ Disambiguation of Translingual punctuation marks: 6 12 5 11 14 19 13 19
  6. (proscribed) Used for emphasis. Tags: proscribed Categories (topical): Translingual matched pairs, Translingual punctuation marks Synonyms (used for emphasis): * * Related terms (Georgian): „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-EsJ22cyo Disambiguation of Translingual matched pairs: 4 8 4 9 12 39 10 14 Disambiguation of Translingual punctuation marks: 6 12 5 11 14 19 13 19 Disambiguation of 'used for emphasis': 1 1 1 2 2 88 2 3 Disambiguation of 'Georgian': 11 12 5 9 13 23 16 12
  7. (programming) Encloses a string literal in some programming and markup languages. Categories (topical): Programming, Translingual punctuation marks Synonyms (enclosing string literals): ' ' (english: only in some languages)
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-6IjoeAF3 Disambiguation of Translingual punctuation marks: 6 12 5 11 14 19 13 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'enclosing string literals': 8 13 7 12 13 2 25 19
  8. (computing) In some search engines, searches for the exact word of phrase. Categories (topical): Computing, Translingual punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-"_"-mul-punct-8eapUYIn Disambiguation of Translingual punctuation marks: 6 12 5 11 14 19 13 19 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 16 6 14 16 1 16 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 16 7 14 15 1 16 24 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 7 14 6 13 14 3 17 25 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Related terms (Angle brackets): 《 》 · 〈 〉 Related terms (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic): « » · Related terms (Corner brackets): 「 」 · 『 』, 「 · 」 · 『 · 』 Related terms (Danish): » « · „ ” · ’ ’ (english: · › ‹ · ‚ ’ ·) Related terms (Guillemets): «, », · Related terms (Northern Kurdish): « » Related terms (Quotation dashes): — · ― · – (english: em dash; horizontal bar; en dash) Related terms (Single guillemets): , , · Related terms (Straight double quotation mark): " Related terms (Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe): ' Disambiguation of 'Angle brackets': 8 15 6 14 15 2 16 24 Disambiguation of 'Assyrian Neo-Aramaic': 8 15 6 12 15 6 17 21 Disambiguation of 'Corner brackets': 8 15 6 14 15 2 16 24 Disambiguation of 'Danish': 8 15 6 13 15 4 17 22 Disambiguation of 'Guillemets': 8 15 6 13 16 2 16 24 Disambiguation of 'Northern Kurdish': 8 16 6 14 15 1 16 23 Disambiguation of 'Quotation dashes': 12 15 6 13 15 2 15 22 Disambiguation of 'Single guillemets': 7 16 6 13 16 2 16 23 Disambiguation of 'Straight double quotation mark': 12 17 6 12 14 1 16 23 Disambiguation of 'Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe': 14 17 5 12 14 1 15 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: · ‘ ’ · „ ” · ‚ ’ [Afrikaans], « » · · [Arabic], « » [Armenian], « » · ‹ › · · · ‘ ’ · ' ' [Azerbaijani], « » · ‹ › · · ‘ ’ [Basque], « » · [Belarusian], „ “ · ’ ’ · ‘ ’ · « » · ’ ’ · ‘ ’ · — [Bulgarian], « » · · ‘ ’ [Catalan], [Catalan], · ‘ ’ · 「 」 · 『 』 [Chinese], „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹ [Czech], ‘ ’ · · ‚ ’ · „ ” [Dutch], English U.K.: ' ' · · ‘ ’ ·, English U.S.: · ' ' · · ‘ ’, „ “ · « » [Estonian], « » · ‹ › · · — [French], German: „ “ · ‚ ‘, » « · › ‹, regional: « » · ‹ ›, « » · · ‟ ” · — [Greek], · ‘ ’ [Interlingua], · ‘ ’ [Irish], 「 」 · 『 』 · 〝 〟 · 〝 〞 [Japanese], « » · „ “ [Latvian], « » · „ “ [Lithuanian], „ “ · ‚ ‘ [Lower-Sorbian], „ “ · ’ ‘ · ‘ ’ [Macedonian], « » [Persian], „ ” · « » · » « · — [Polish], „ ” · « » · — [Romanian], « » · „ · — (english: · „) [Russian], „ ” · ” ” · ‘ ’ · ’ ’ · „ “ · » « [Serbo-Croatian], „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹ [Slovak], „ “ · ‚ ‘ · » « · › ‹ [Slovene], « » · · ‘ ’ · — [Spanish], · ‘ ’ [Thai] Related terms (Albanian): „ “ · ‘ ’ Related terms (Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes): ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛ Related terms (Filipino): · ‘ ’ Related terms (Finnish): ” ” · ’ ’ · » » Related terms (Hungarian): „ ” · » « · — Related terms (Icelandic): „ “ · ‚ ‘ Related terms (Indonesian): · ‘ ’ Related terms (Italian): « » · ‹ › · · ‘ ’ Related terms (Korean): · ‘ ’ · 『 』 · 「 」 Related terms (Norwegian): « » · „ “ · ‘ ’ · ‚ ‘ Related terms (Portuguese): · ‘ ’ · « » · — Related terms (Prime quotation marks): 〝 〟 · 〝 〞, 〝 · 〞 · 〟 Related terms (Straight single quotation marks): ' ' Related terms (Swedish): ” ” · ’ ’ · » » · » « · — Related terms (Turkish): · ‘ ’ · « » · › ‹ · — Related terms (Ukrainian): « » · „ ” · ‚ ‘ Related terms (Vietnamese): · — Related terms (Welsh): ‘ ’ · Disambiguation of 'Albanian': 12 15 5 10 12 17 17 13 Disambiguation of 'Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes': 20 18 5 11 11 4 12 18 Disambiguation of 'Filipino': 12 15 5 9 12 17 17 13 Disambiguation of 'Finnish': 13 13 5 9 12 17 17 14 Disambiguation of 'Hungarian': 8 8 3 6 8 12 28 27 Disambiguation of 'Icelandic': 12 15 5 9 12 17 17 13 Disambiguation of 'Indonesian': 12 13 5 10 12 17 17 14 Disambiguation of 'Italian': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Korean': 12 15 5 9 12 17 17 13 Disambiguation of 'Norwegian': 13 13 5 9 12 17 17 14 Disambiguation of 'Portuguese': 10 15 6 11 16 11 16 16 Disambiguation of 'Prime quotation marks': 21 21 5 11 10 4 11 17 Disambiguation of 'Straight single quotation marks': 19 21 5 11 11 4 12 18 Disambiguation of 'Swedish': 14 14 7 9 11 19 17 10 Disambiguation of 'Turkish': 14 14 7 9 11 19 17 10 Disambiguation of 'Ukrainian': 12 15 5 9 12 17 17 13 Disambiguation of 'Vietnamese': 12 15 5 10 12 17 17 13 Disambiguation of 'Welsh': 11 10 10 21 7 11 9 20
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  "subsection": "punctuation mark",
  "title": "\" \"",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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