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"The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)"
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"parenthetical",
"parenthetical#English"
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[
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[
"emphasis",
"emphasis#English"
]
],
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"(typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)"
],
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"word": "en dash"
},
{
"word": "hyphen"
},
{
"word": "rule"
}
],
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"word": "em rule"
},
{
"word": "emdash"
},
{
"word": "em-dash"
},
{
"word": "m dash"
},
{
"word": "m-rule"
},
{
"word": "mutton dash"
}
],
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"publishing",
"typography"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dlouhá pomlčka"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "heel kastlijntje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "m-viiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "pitkä ajatusviiva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiret cadratin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Geviertstrich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diplí pávla",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διπλή παύλα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "kvirtmínusz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "þankastrik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eim-dais"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lineetta emme"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dolga crta",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "долга црта"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tamâm-xat",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "تمامخط"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pauza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "travessão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tirɛ́",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тире́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "långt tankstreck"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "helfyrkantsminus"
}
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}
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},
{
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"1": "mul",
"2": "M"
},
"expansion": "M",
"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "em dashes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
"expansion": "em dash (plural em dashes)",
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "en dash"
},
{
"word": "hyphen"
},
{
"word": "rule"
}
],
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"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
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"English nouns",
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"Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"en:Punctuation marks",
"en:Typography"
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"The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)"
],
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[
"typography",
"typography"
],
[
"—",
"—"
],
[
"demarcate",
"demarcate#English"
],
[
"parenthetical",
"parenthetical#English"
],
[
"break",
"break#English"
],
[
"emphasis",
"emphasis#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing",
"typography"
],
"wikipedia": [
"em dash"
]
}
],
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{
"word": "em rule"
},
{
"word": "emdash"
},
{
"word": "em-dash"
},
{
"word": "m dash"
},
{
"word": "m-rule"
},
{
"word": "mutton dash"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dlouhá pomlčka"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "heel kastlijntje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "m-viiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "pitkä ajatusviiva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiret cadratin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Geviertstrich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diplí pávla",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διπλή παύλα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "kvirtmínusz"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "þankastrik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eim-dais"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lineetta emme"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dolga crta",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "долга црта"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tamâm-xat",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"word": "تمامخط"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pauza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "travessão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tirɛ́",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тире́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "långt tankstreck"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "typographical symbol '—'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "helfyrkantsminus"
}
],
"word": "em dash"
}
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