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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "colon-point"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "semi-colon",
"word": "semicolon"
}
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"2": "la",
"3": "cōlon",
"4": "",
"5": "a member of a verse of poem"
},
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"name": "uder"
},
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"2": "grc",
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},
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}
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
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"plural"
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"word": "exclamation mark"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "⁄",
"word": "fraction slash"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "« »; ‹ ›",
"word": "guillemet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
{
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"alt": "·",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "‽",
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"rare"
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"word": "parentheses (US"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "( )",
"word": "Canada)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
{
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],
"word": "period"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "?",
"word": "question mark"
},
{
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"alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
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],
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},
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],
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
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"word": "semicolon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "slash"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "/",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "stroke"
},
{
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"alt": "] [",
"word": "space"
}
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"Symbols",
"Orthography",
"Writing",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"ref": "2005, William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Penguin Press, page 15",
"text": "A colon tells the reader that what follows is closely related to the preceding clause.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩."
],
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"punctuation mark",
"punctuation mark"
],
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":",
"Unsupported_titles/:"
]
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
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}
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "dy pika"
},
{
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"roman": "nuqṭa muzdawija",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"feminine"
],
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},
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"dual",
"feminine"
],
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"plural"
],
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "iki nöqtə"
},
{
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"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ike nöktə",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ике нөктә"
},
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"roman": "dvukrópʺje",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "двукро́п'е"
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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],
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"masculine",
"plural"
],
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "冒號"
},
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"roman": "màohào",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "kolon"
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{
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "dupunkto"
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "et",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "koolon"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "kaksoispiste"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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],
"word": "deux points"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"plural"
],
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"roman": "orc̣erṭili",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ორწერტილი"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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],
"word": "Doppelpunkt"
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Kolon"
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
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"roman": "áno kai káto teleía",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "נקודתיים"
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{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kolan",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "कोलन"
},
{
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "apūrṇ virām",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "अपूर्ण विराम"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kŏlan",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "कॉलन"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "kettőspont"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "bipunto"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "titik dua"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "ia",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "duo punctos"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "idirstad"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "due punti"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koron",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "コロン"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qos nükte",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "қос нүкте"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"alt": "雙點",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ssangjeom",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "쌍점"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kollon",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "콜론"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
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"roman": "koş cekit",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "кош чекит"
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{
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dve točki",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "две точки"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "teboka roa"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "davxar ceg",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "давхар цэг"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "tẽg-yɩɩbre"
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{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kolon"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "donoqte",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "دونقطه"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dwukropek"
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "dois pontos"
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"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "dubindī",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਦੁਬਿੰਦੀ"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"word": "două puncte"
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"roman": "dvojetóčije",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dà-phuing"
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"feminine"
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"word": "двоточка"
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"word": "двоточје"
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"feminine"
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
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],
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"tags": [
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"word": "dvopičje"
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "dos puntos"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "nukta mbili"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "koloni"
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{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "tutuldok"
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"code": "tg",
"english": "du nuqta",
"lang": "Tajik",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ду нуқта"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "alomati bayon",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "аломати баён"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tá-wí-pâak",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ทวิภาค"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "iki nokta üst üste"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "iki nokta"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "dvokrápka",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двокра́пка"
},
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "ug",
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"roman": "qosh chëkit",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "قوش چېكىت"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ikki nuqta"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "qoʻsh nuqta"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"alt": "𧿫𠄩點",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "dấu hai chấm"
},
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"_dis1": "93 2 3 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"plural"
],
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "iki nöqtə"
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ike nöktə",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"code": "be",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvoetóčie",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "冒號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "màohào",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "冒号"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kolon"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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],
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "dupunkto"
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "koolon"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "kaksoispiste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "deux points"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"masculine",
"plural"
],
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ორწერტილი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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],
"word": "Doppelpunkt"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "he",
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"plural"
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{
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],
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{
"code": "hi",
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"word": "अपूर्ण विराम"
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"code": "hi",
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],
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "bipunto"
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "titik dua"
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{
"code": "ia",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "idirstad"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"plural"
],
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "コロン"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qos nükte",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "қос нүкте"
},
{
"alt": "雙點",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "ssangjeom",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "쌍점"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kollon",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "콜론"
},
{
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "koş cekit",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "кош чекит"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kols"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dve točki",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "две точки"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "teboka roa"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "davxar ceg",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "давхар цэг"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "tẽg-yɩɩbre"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kolon"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "donoqte",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "دونقطه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dwukropek"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
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{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "dubindī",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਦੁਬਿੰਦੀ"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvojetóčije",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "còilean"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dà-phuing"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "двоточка"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "punctuation mark",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dvojbodka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dvopičje"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "dos puntos"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "nukta mbili"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "koloni"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kolon"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "tutuldok"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"english": "du nuqta",
"lang": "Tajik",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ду нуқта"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "alomati bayon",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "аломати баён"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tá-wí-pâak",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "ทวิภาค"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "iki nokta üst üste"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"word": "iki nokta"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dvokrápka",
"sense": "punctuation mark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двокра́пка"
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"sense": "the last part of the digestive system",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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