"punctuation mark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: punctuation marks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} punctuation mark (plural punctuation marks)
  1. Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc. and to aid the reader in understanding what is written. Categories (topical): Punctuation marks Synonyms: punctuation mark Hypernyms: symbol Holonyms: punctuation Translations (symbol used in writing): عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم (ʕalāmat tarqīm) [feminine] (Arabic), կետադրական նշան (ketadrakan nšan) (Armenian), тыныш билдәһе (tınış bildəhe) (Bashkir), знак прыпы́нку (znak prypýnku) [masculine] (Belarusian), препина́телен знак (prepinátelen znak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), signe de puntuació [masculine] (Catalan), 標點符號 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 标点符号 (piau-tiám hû-hō, phiau-tiám hû-hō) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 標點 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 标点 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 句讀 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 句读 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 標點符號 (Chinese Cantonese), 标点符号 (alt: biu¹ dim² fu⁴ hou⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 標點 (Chinese Cantonese), 标点 (biu¹ dim²) (Chinese Cantonese), 句讀 (Chinese Cantonese), 句读 (geoi³ dau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 標點符號 (Chinese Mandarin), 标点符号 (biāodiǎn fúhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 標點 (Chinese Mandarin), 标点 (biāodiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 句讀 (Chinese Mandarin), 句读 (jùdòu) (Chinese Mandarin), toqtav işareti (Crimean Tatar), interpunkční znaménko [neuter] (Czech), tegnsætningstegn [neuter] (Danish), leesteken [neuter] (Dutch), kirjavahemärk (Estonian), välimerkki (Finnish), signe de ponctuation [masculine] (French), signo de puntuación (Galician), Satzzeichen [neuter] (German), σημείο στίξης (simeío stíxis) [neuter] (Greek), σημείο στίξεως (simeío stíxeos) [neuter] (Greek), írásjel (Hungarian), segno d'interpunzione [masculine] (Italian), segno di interpunzione [masculine] (Italian), segno di punteggiatura [masculine] (Italian), 句読点 (kutōten) (alt: くとうてん) (Japanese), тыныс белгісі (tynys belgısı) (Kazakh), 구두점 (gudujeom) (alt: 句讀點) (Korean), pieturzīme [feminine] (Latvian), интерпункциски знак (interpunkciski znak) [masculine] (Macedonian), знак за интерпункција (znak za interpunkcija) [masculine] (Macedonian), skilletegn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), نشانهٔ سجاوندی (nešâne-ye sajâvandi) (Persian), znak interpunkcyjny [masculine] (Polish), sinal de pontuação [masculine] (Portuguese), semn de punctuație [neuter] (Romanian), знак препина́ния (znak prepinánija) [masculine] (Russian), интерпункцијски знак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), interpunkcijski znak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), interpunkčné znamienko [neuter] (Slovak), ločilo [neuter] (Slovene), signo de puntuación [masculine] (Spanish), alama ya uakifishaji (Swahili), interpunktionstecken [neuter] (Swedish), skiljetecken [neuter] (Swedish), bantas (Tagalog), аломати ист (alomati ist) (Tajik), เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn) (Thai), noktalama işareti (Turkish), розділо́вий знак (rozdilóvyj znak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dấu chấm câu (Vietnamese), dấu chấm (Vietnamese), atalnod [masculine] (Welsh), marc atalnodi [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-punctuation_mark-en-noun-RQ~WKgng Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Persian links with redundant target parameters Hyponyms: apostrophe: ' or ’, bracket [⇒ thesaurus]: ] or [ or ) or (, colon: :, comma:, dash [⇒ thesaurus]: — or –, ellipsis: …, endmark: ., exclamation mark: !, full stop: ., period [⇒ thesaurus]: ., hyphen: -, interrobang: ‽ or ?!, question mark: ?, quotation mark: " or ” or “ or ' or ’ or ‘, semicolon: ;, slash: /, solidus: /, space:, interpunct: ·, virgule: / Related terms: apostrophe (alt: '; ’), curly brackets, brace (alt: { }) [US], square bracket, bracket (alt: [ ]) [US], colon (alt: :), comma (alt: ,), dash (alt: ‒; –; —; ―), ellipsis (alt: ), exclamation mark (alt: !), fraction slash (alt: ), guillemet (alt: « »; ‹ ›), hyphen (alt: -; ‐), interpunct (alt: ·), interrobang (alt: ) [rare], bracket, parentheses (US, Canada) (alt: ( )), full stop, period (alt: .) [Canada, US], question mark (alt: ?), quotation marks (alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „) [formal], quotation marks (alt: "; ') [informal] [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], semicolon (alt: ;), slash, stroke (alt: /) [UK], space (alt: ] [)

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          "alt": "⁄",
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          "alt": ".",
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          "word": "period"
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          "alt": "\"; '",
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          "alt": ";",
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          "word": "slash"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕalāmat tarqīm",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ketadrakan nšan",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "կետադրական նշան"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "tınış bildəhe",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "тыныш билдәһе"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "znak prypýnku",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак прыпы́нку"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prepinátelen znak",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "препина́телен знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signe de puntuació"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "標點符號"
        },
        {
          "alt": "biu¹ dim² fu⁴ hou⁶⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "标点符号"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "標點"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "biu¹ dim²",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "标点"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "句讀"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "geoi³ dau⁶",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "句读"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "標點符號"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "piau-tiám hû-hō, phiau-tiám hû-hō",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "标点符号"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "標點"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "标点"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "句讀"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "句读"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "標點符號"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biāodiǎn fúhào",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "标点符号"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "標點"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biāodiǎn",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "标点"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "句讀"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jùdòu",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "句读"
        },
        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "toqtav işareti"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "interpunkční znaménko"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tegnsætningstegn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "leesteken"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "kirjavahemärk"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "välimerkki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signe de ponctuation"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "signo de puntuación"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Satzzeichen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "simeío stíxis",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σημείο στίξης"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "simeío stíxeos",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σημείο στίξεως"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "írásjel"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "segno d'interpunzione"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "segno di interpunzione"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "segno di punteggiatura"
        },
        {
          "alt": "くとうてん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kutōten",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "句読点"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tynys belgısı",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "тыныс белгісі"
        },
        {
          "alt": "句讀點",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gudujeom",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "구두점"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pieturzīme"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "interpunkciski znak",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "интерпункциски знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "znak za interpunkcija",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак за интерпункција"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skilletegn"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nešâne-ye sajâvandi",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "نشانهٔ سجاوندی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "znak interpunkcyjny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sinal de pontuação"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "semn de punctuație"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "znak prepinánija",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "знак препина́ния"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "интерпункцијски знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "interpunkcijski znak"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "interpunkčné znamienko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ločilo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signo de puntuación"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "alama ya uakifishaji"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "interpunktionstecken"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skiljetecken"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "bantas"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "alomati ist",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "аломати ист"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "noktalama işareti"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozdilóvyj znak",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "розділо́вий знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "dấu chấm câu"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "word": "dấu chấm"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atalnod"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "symbol used in writing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "marc atalnodi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "punctuation mark"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "punctuation marks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "punctuation mark (plural punctuation marks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "holonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "punctuation"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "symbol"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "apostrophe: ' or ’"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "bracket [⇒ thesaurus]: ] or [ or ) or ("
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "colon: :"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "comma:"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "dash [⇒ thesaurus]: — or –"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "ellipsis: …"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "endmark: ."
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "exclamation mark: !"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "full stop: ."
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "period [⇒ thesaurus]: ."
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "hyphen: -"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "interrobang: ‽ or ?!"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "question mark: ?"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "quotation mark: \" or ” or “ or ' or ’ or ‘"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "semicolon: ;"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "slash: /"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "solidus: /"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "space:"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "interpunct: ·"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "virgule: /"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "alt": "'; ’",
      "word": "apostrophe"
    },
    {
      "word": "curly brackets"
    },
    {
      "alt": "{ }",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "brace"
    },
    {
      "word": "square bracket"
    },
    {
      "alt": "[ ]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "bracket"
    },
    {
      "alt": ":",
      "word": "colon"
    },
    {
      "alt": ",",
      "word": "comma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "‒; –; —; ―",
      "word": "dash"
    },
    {
      "alt": "…",
      "word": "ellipsis"
    },
    {
      "alt": "!",
      "word": "exclamation mark"
    },
    {
      "alt": "⁄",
      "word": "fraction slash"
    },
    {
      "alt": "« »; ‹ ›",
      "word": "guillemet"
    },
    {
      "alt": "-; ‐",
      "word": "hyphen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "·",
      "word": "interpunct"
    },
    {
      "alt": "‽",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "interrobang"
    },
    {
      "word": "bracket"
    },
    {
      "word": "parentheses (US"
    },
    {
      "alt": "( )",
      "word": "Canada)"
    },
    {
      "word": "full stop"
    },
    {
      "alt": ".",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "period"
    },
    {
      "alt": "?",
      "word": "question mark"
    },
    {
      "alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "quotation marks"
    },
    {
      "alt": "\"; '",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "quotation marks"
    },
    {
      "alt": ";",
      "word": "semicolon"
    },
    {
      "word": "slash"
    },
    {
      "alt": "/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "stroke"
    },
    {
      "alt": "] [",
      "word": "space"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Persian links with redundant target parameters",
        "en:Punctuation marks"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc. and to aid the reader in understanding what is written."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:punctuation mark",
      "word": "punctuation mark"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕalāmat tarqīm",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ketadrakan nšan",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "կետադրական նշան"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tınış bildəhe",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "тыныш билдәһе"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "znak prypýnku",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак прыпы́нку"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prepinátelen znak",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "препина́телен знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signe de puntuació"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "標點符號"
    },
    {
      "alt": "biu¹ dim² fu⁴ hou⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "标点符号"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "標點"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "biu¹ dim²",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "标点"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "句讀"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "geoi³ dau⁶",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "句读"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "標點符號"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "piau-tiám hû-hō, phiau-tiám hû-hō",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "标点符号"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "標點"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "标点"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "句讀"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "句读"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "標點符號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biāodiǎn fúhào",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "标点符号"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "標點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biāodiǎn",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "标点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "句讀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùdòu",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "句读"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "toqtav işareti"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "interpunkční znaménko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tegnsætningstegn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leesteken"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "kirjavahemärk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "välimerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signe de ponctuation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "signo de puntuación"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Satzzeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "simeío stíxis",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σημείο στίξης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "simeío stíxeos",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σημείο στίξεως"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "írásjel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segno d'interpunzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segno di interpunzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segno di punteggiatura"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くとうてん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kutōten",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "句読点"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tynys belgısı",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "тыныс белгісі"
    },
    {
      "alt": "句讀點",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gudujeom",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "구두점"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pieturzīme"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "interpunkciski znak",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "интерпункциски знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "znak za interpunkcija",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак за интерпункција"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skilletegn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nešâne-ye sajâvandi",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "نشانهٔ سجاوندی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "znak interpunkcyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal de pontuação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semn de punctuație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znak prepinánija",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знак препина́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "интерпункцијски знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "interpunkcijski znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "interpunkčné znamienko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ločilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signo de puntuación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "alama ya uakifishaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "interpunktionstecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skiljetecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "bantas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "bantas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "alomati ist",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "аломати ист"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "noktalama işareti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozdilóvyj znak",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "розділо́вий знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "dấu chấm câu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "word": "dấu chấm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atalnod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "symbol used in writing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marc atalnodi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "punctuation mark"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": piau-tiám, phiau-tiám vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "punctuation mark"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "punctuation mark",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kù-tāu vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "punctuation mark"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "punctuation mark",
  "trace": ""
}

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