See semicolon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
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"word": "ਬਿੰਦੀ ਕਾਮਾ"
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{
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{
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "sk",
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{
"code": "sl",
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "punto y coma"
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{
"code": "sw",
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"code": "sw",
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"code": "tl",
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"Terms with Georgian translations",
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"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Kazakh translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
"Terms with Latvian translations",
"Terms with Lithuanian translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tóčka i zapetája",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"code": "kw",
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],
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{
"code": "cs",
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
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{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "et",
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{
"code": "fo",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
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{
"code": "is",
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"code": "ga",
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{
"code": "ga",
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{
"code": "ja",
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"word": "セミコロン"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
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"word": "；"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"word": "쌍반점"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "semikollon",
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"word": "세미콜론"
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"code": "ky",
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"word": "үтүрдүү чекит"
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"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "точка-запирка"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṟddhavirāmaṁ",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "അർദ്ധവിരാമം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "kopipiko"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "cegtej taslal",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "цэгтэй таслал"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semikolon"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"symbol"
],
"word": "؛"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "noqte-virgul",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "نقطهویرگول"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"symbol"
],
"word": "؛"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "średnik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "ponto e vírgula"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "bindī kāmā",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਬਿੰਦੀ ਕਾਮਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "punct și virgulă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tóčka s zapjatój",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "то́чка с запято́й"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leth-chòilean"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "точка за зарезом"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "тачка са зепетом"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "točka sa zarezom"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "tačka sa zapetom"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bodkočiarka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podpičje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto y coma"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "alama ya nuktamkato"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "nukta mkato"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "semikolon"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "tuldok-kuwit"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "àt-tá-pâak",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "อัฒภาค"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "noktalı virgül"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krápka z kómoju",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кра́пка з ко́мою"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "serédnyk",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сере́дник"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"symbol"
],
"word": "؛"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "nuqtali vergul"
},
{
"alt": "𧿫點𢵪",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "dấu chấm phẩy"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hanner colon"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "hanner colonau"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "punctuation mark ';'",
"word": "unzoqhwishi class 1a/2a"
}
],
"word": "semicolon"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Zulu: 'unzoqhwishi class 1a/2a', originally 'unzoqhwishi class 1a/2a'",
"path": [
"semicolon"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "semicolon",
"trace": ""
}
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