"« »" meaning in All languages combined

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Punctuation [Chinese]

Head templates: {{head|zh|punctuation mark|cat2=matched pairs|head=« »}} « »
  1. Encloses book, film or album titles. Categories (topical): Chinese matched pairs, Chinese punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-«_»-zh-punct-pJ~I2mib Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

Punctuation [French]

Head templates: {{fr-punctuation mark}} « »
  1. encloses a quotation Categories (topical): French matched pairs, French punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-«_»-fr-punct-fFahW268 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Punctuation [Translingual]

Forms: guillemets [English, name]
Head templates: {{head|mul|punctuation mark|English name|guillemets|or||or||or||cat2=matched pairs|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=« »|head2=|sc=|sort=}} « » (English name guillemets), {{mul-punctuation mark|cat2=matched pairs|head=« »|name=guillemets}} « » (English name guillemets)
  1. Encloses a quotation in some languages. Categories (topical): Translingual matched pairs, Translingual punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-«_»-mul-punct-TzrJk4Vh Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header Related terms: ‘ ’ [Afrikaans], „ ” [Afrikaans], ‚ ’ [Afrikaans], ‹ › [Azerbaijani], ‘ ’ [Azerbaijani], ' ' [Azerbaijani], ‹ › [Basque], ‘ ’ [Basque], „ “ [Bulgarian], ’ ’ [Bulgarian], ‘ ’ [Bulgarian], [Bulgarian], ‘ ’ [Catalan], ‘ ’ [Chinese], 「 」 [Chinese], 『 』 [Chinese], „ “ [Czech], ‚ ‘ [Czech], » « [Czech], › ‹ [Czech], ‘ ’ [Dutch], ‚ ’ [Dutch], „ ” [Dutch], English U.K.: ' ', ‘ ’, English U.S.:, ' ', ‘ ’ [Esperanto], [Esperanto], „ “ [Estonian], ‹ › [French], [French], German: „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹, regional: « », ‹ ›, [Greek], ‘ ’ [Interlingua], ‘ ’ [Irish], 「 」 [Japanese], 『 』 [Japanese], 〝 〟 [Japanese], 〝 〞 [Japanese], „ “ [Latvian], „ “ [Lithuanian], „ “ [Lower-Sorbian], ‚ ‘ [Lower-Sorbian], „ “ [Macedonian], ’ ‘ [Macedonian], „ ” [Polish], » « [Polish], [Polish], „ ” [Romanian], [Romanian], „ “ [Russian], „ ” [Russian], [Russian], „ ” [Serbo-Croatian], ” ” [Serbo-Croatian], ‘ ’ [Serbo-Croatian], ’ ’ [Serbo-Croatian], „ “ [Serbo-Croatian], » « [Serbo-Croatian], „ “ [Slovak], ‚ ‘ [Slovak], » « [Slovak], › ‹ [Slovak], „ “ [Slovene], ‚ ‘ [Slovene], » « [Slovene], › ‹ [Slovene], ‘ ’ [Spanish], [Spanish], ‘ ’ [Thai] Related terms (Albanian): „ “, ‘ ’ Related terms (Corner brackets): 「 」, 『 』, 「, 」, 『, 』 Related terms (Curved double quotation marks): ” ”, „ ”, „ “, ‟ ”, , , , Related terms (Curved single quotation marks): ‘ ’, ’ ’, ‚ ’, ‚ ‘, ’ ‘, ‛ ’ Related terms (Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes): , , , Related terms (Danish): » «, „ “, › ‹, ‚ ’, ” ”, ’ ’ Related terms (Filipino): ‘ ’ Related terms (Finnish): ” ”, ’ ’, » » Related terms (Georgian): „ “, ‚ ‘, » «, › ‹ Related terms (Guillemets): », « 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 (Quotation dashes): (english: em dash), (english: horizontal bar), (english: en dash) Related terms (Single guillemets): , Related terms (Straight double quotation mark): " Related terms (Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe): ' Related terms (Straight single quotation marks): ' ' Related terms (Swedish): ” ”, ’ ’, » », » «, Related terms (Turkish): ‘ ’, › ‹, Related terms (Ukrainian): „ ”, ‚ ‘ Related terms (Vietnamese): Related terms (Welsh): ‘ ’

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          "book"
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        [
          "film",
          "film"
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          "album",
          "album"
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      ],
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  ],
  "word": "« »"
}
{
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "punct",
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        [
          "film",
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        [
          "album",
          "album"
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}

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  ],
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "punctuation"
      ]
    }
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}

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        "English",
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    }
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    {
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        "7": "or",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
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        "f2lang": "en",
        "f2nolink": "",
        "f3lang": "en",
        "f3nolink": "",
        "f4lang": "en",
        "f4nolink": "",
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "cat2": "matched pairs",
        "head": "« »",
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  "pos": "punct",
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        "Afrikaans"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Afrikaans"
      ],
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Afrikaans"
      ],
      "word": "‚ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Albanian",
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Albanian",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Azerbaijani"
      ],
      "word": "‹ ›"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Azerbaijani"
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      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Azerbaijani"
      ],
      "word": "' '"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Basque"
      ],
      "word": "‹ ›"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Basque"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bulgarian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bulgarian"
      ],
      "word": "’ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bulgarian"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Bulgarian"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Catalan"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "「 」"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "『 』"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Czech"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Czech"
      ],
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Czech"
      ],
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Czech"
      ],
      "word": "› ‹"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Danish",
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Danish",
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Danish",
      "word": "› ‹"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Danish",
      "word": "‚ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Danish",
      "word": "” ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Danish",
      "word": "’ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dutch"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dutch"
      ],
      "word": "‚ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dutch"
      ],
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "word": "English U.K.: ' '"
    },
    {
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "word": "English U.S.:"
    },
    {
      "word": "' '"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Esperanto"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Esperanto"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Estonian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Filipino",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Finnish",
      "word": "” ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Finnish",
      "word": "’ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Finnish",
      "word": "» »"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "French"
      ],
      "word": "‹ ›"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "French"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Georgian",
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Georgian",
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Georgian",
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Georgian",
      "word": "› ‹"
    },
    {
      "word": "German: „ “"
    },
    {
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "word": "› ‹"
    },
    {
      "word": "regional: « »"
    },
    {
      "word": "‹ ›"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hungarian",
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hungarian",
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Hungarian",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Icelandic",
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Icelandic",
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Indonesian",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Interlingua"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Irish"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Italian",
      "word": "‹ ›"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Italian",
      "word": "‟ ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Italian",
      "word": "‛ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "word": "「 」"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "word": "『 』"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "word": "〝 〟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Japanese"
      ],
      "word": "〝 〞"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Korean",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Korean",
      "word": "『 』"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Korean",
      "word": "「 」"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lithuanian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lower-Sorbian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lower-Sorbian"
      ],
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Macedonian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Macedonian"
      ],
      "word": "’ ‘"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Norwegian",
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Norwegian",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Norwegian",
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Polish"
      ],
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Polish"
      ],
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Polish"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Portuguese",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Portuguese",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Romanian"
      ],
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Romanian"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Russian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Russian"
      ],
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Russian"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Serbo-Croatian"
      ],
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Serbo-Croatian"
      ],
      "word": "” ”"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Serbo-Croatian"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Serbo-Croatian"
      ],
      "word": "’ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Serbo-Croatian"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Serbo-Croatian"
      ],
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovak"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovak"
      ],
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovak"
      ],
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovak"
      ],
      "word": "› ‹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovene"
      ],
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovene"
      ],
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovene"
      ],
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Slovene"
      ],
      "word": "› ‹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Spanish"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Spanish"
      ],
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Swedish",
      "word": "” ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Swedish",
      "word": "’ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Swedish",
      "word": "» »"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Swedish",
      "word": "» «"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Swedish",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Thai"
      ],
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Turkish",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Turkish",
      "word": "› ‹"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Turkish",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ukrainian",
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Ukrainian",
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Welsh",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "” ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "„ ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "„ “"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "‟ ”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks",
      "word": "‘ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks",
      "word": "’ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks",
      "word": "‚ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks",
      "word": "‚ ‘"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks",
      "word": "’ ‘"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks",
      "word": "‛ ’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Straight single quotation marks",
      "word": "' '"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Guillemets",
      "word": "»"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Guillemets",
      "word": "«"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Single guillemets",
      "word": "‹"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Single guillemets",
      "word": "›"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Corner brackets",
      "word": "「 」"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Corner brackets",
      "word": "『 』"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Prime quotation marks",
      "word": "〝 〟"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Prime quotation marks",
      "word": "〝 〞"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "“"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "”"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "„"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved double quotation marks",
      "word": "‟"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes",
      "word": "‘"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes",
      "word": "’"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes",
      "word": "‚"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes",
      "word": "‛"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Straight double quotation mark",
      "word": "\""
    },
    {
      "sense": "Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe",
      "word": "'"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Prime quotation marks",
      "word": "〝"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Prime quotation marks",
      "word": "〞"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Prime quotation marks",
      "word": "〟"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Corner brackets",
      "word": "「"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Corner brackets",
      "word": "」"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Corner brackets",
      "word": "『"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Corner brackets",
      "word": "』"
    },
    {
      "english": "em dash",
      "sense": "Quotation dashes",
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "english": "horizontal bar",
      "sense": "Quotation dashes",
      "word": "―"
    },
    {
      "english": "en dash",
      "sense": "Quotation dashes",
      "word": "–"
    }
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    {
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        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
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        "Translingual punctuation marks",
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        "Translingual terms spelled with »",
        "Translingual terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea (in English), Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 400",
          "text": "At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Encloses a quotation in some languages."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quotation",
          "quotation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "punctuation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "« »"
}

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