See en dash on Wiktionary
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"name": "Punctuation marks",
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"Symbols",
"Orthography",
"Writing",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"Writing",
"Industries",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Business",
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"Communication",
"Economics",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Social sciences",
"Fundamental",
"Sciences"
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"The punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range."
],
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"–",
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"(typography) The punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range."
],
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"word": "em dash"
},
{
"word": "en space"
},
{
"word": "hyphen"
},
{
"word": "rule"
}
],
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"word": "en rule"
},
{
"word": "endash"
},
{
"word": "en-dash"
},
{
"word": "n dash"
},
{
"word": "n-rule"
},
{
"word": "nut dash"
}
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing",
"typography"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pomlčka"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "half kastlijntje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "n-viiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "lyhyt ajatusviiva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiret demi-cadratin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Halbgeviertstrich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pávla",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παύλα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "félkvirtmínusz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tilstrik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stutt þankastrik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ein-dais"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lineetta enne"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sredna crta",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "средна црта"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "se-čahârom-xat",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "سهچهارمخط"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "półpauza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meia-risca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meio-traço"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "defís",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дефи́с"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "semirraya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tankstreck"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "halvfyrkantsminus"
}
],
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]
}
],
"word": "en dash"
}
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"word": "en space"
},
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"word": "hyphen"
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"word": "rule"
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"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
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"word": "en rule"
},
{
"word": "endash"
},
{
"word": "en-dash"
},
{
"word": "n dash"
},
{
"word": "n-rule"
},
{
"word": "nut dash"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pomlčka"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "half kastlijntje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "n-viiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "lyhyt ajatusviiva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiret demi-cadratin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Halbgeviertstrich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pávla",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παύλα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "félkvirtmínusz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tilstrik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stutt þankastrik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ein-dais"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lineetta enne"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sredna crta",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "средна црта"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "se-čahârom-xat",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"word": "سهچهارمخط"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "półpauza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meia-risca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meio-traço"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "defís",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дефи́с"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "semirraya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tankstreck"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol –",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "halvfyrkantsminus"
}
],
"word": "en dash"
}
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