"hard sign" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hard signs [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Russian твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|твёрдый знак}} Calque of Russian твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hard sign (plural hard signs)
  1. The Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern languages serves to denote a hard (non-palatalized) consonant. Wikipedia link: hard sign Categories (topical): Cyrillic letter names Synonyms: yer, back yer Related terms: ъ (english: ъ; usage of in Russian), ъ (ǎ) (english: ъ; usage of in Bulgarian) Translations (Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"): цвёрды знак (cvjórdy znak) [masculine] (Belarusian), ер голя́м (er goljám) [masculine] (Bulgarian), твердый знак (tverdŷj znak) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), ір (ir) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), ѥръ (jerŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), хытӑлӑх палли (hyt̬ălăh palli) (Chuvash), tvrdý znak [masculine] (Czech), hard teken [neuter] (Dutch), kova merkki (Finnish), signe dur [masculine] (French), hartes Zeichen [neuter] (German), Hartheitszeichen [neuter] (German), segno duro [masculine] (Italian), тврд знак (tvrd znak) [masculine] (Macedonian), голем ер (golem er) [masculine] (Macedonian), хатуугийн тэмдэг (xatuugiin temdeg) (Mongolian), twardy znak [masculine] (Polish), semn tare [neuter] (Romanian), твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak) [masculine] (Russian), ер (jer) [archaic, masculine] (Russian), tvrdy znak [masculine] (Slovak), signo duro [masculine] (Spanish), кадыг демдек (kadıg demdek) (Tuvan), тверди́й знак (tverdýj znak) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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          "english": "ъ; usage of in Russian",
          "word": "ъ"
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          "word": "yer"
        },
        {
          "word": "back yer"
        }
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "cvjórdy znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "roman": "er goljám",
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          ],
          "word": "ер голя́м"
        },
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          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "tverdŷj znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "твердый знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "ir",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ір"
        },
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          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "hyt̬ălăh palli",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "word": "хытӑлӑх палли"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tvrdý znak"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hard teken"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "word": "kova merkki"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tvrd znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тврд знак"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "golem er",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "голем ер"
        },
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xatuugiin temdeg",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
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          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
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          "word": "ѥръ"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "semn tare"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tvjórdyj znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jer",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
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        },
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          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "kadıg demdek",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "word": "кадыг демдек"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tverdýj znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тверди́й знак"
        }
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    }
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}
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    }
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      "word": "yer"
    },
    {
      "word": "back yer"
    }
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cvjórdy znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цвёрды знак"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "er goljám",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ер голя́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "tverdŷj znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "твердый знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "ir",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ір"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "hyt̬ălăh palli",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "word": "хытӑлӑх палли"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvrdý znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hard teken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "word": "kova merkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signe dur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hartes Zeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hartheitszeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segno duro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tvrd znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тврд знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "golem er",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голем ер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xatuugiin temdeg",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "word": "хатуугийн тэмдэг"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "jerŭ",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ѥръ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "twardy znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semn tare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tvjórdyj znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "твёрдый знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jer",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvrdy znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signo duro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "kadıg demdek",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "word": "кадыг демдек"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tverdýj znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter \"Ъ/ъ\"",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тверди́й знак"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hard sign"
}

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