"apostrophe" meaning in French

See apostrophe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ Audio: Fr-apostrophe.ogg Forms: apostrophes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|apostrophus}} Latin apostrophus, {{der|fr|grc|ἀπόστροφος|t=accent of elision}} Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} apostrophe f (plural apostrophes)
  1. (orthography) apostrophe Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Orthography
    Sense id: en-apostrophe-fr-noun-O8DUSlJx Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ Audio: Fr-apostrophe.ogg Forms: apostrophes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apostropha, apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|apostropha}} Borrowed from Latin apostropha, {{der|fr|grc|ἀποστροφή}} Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} apostrophe f (plural apostrophes)
  1. (rhetoric) apostrophe Tags: feminine, rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric Related terms: apostropher
    Sense id: en-apostrophe-fr-noun-O8DUSlJx1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ Audio: Fr-apostrophe.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} apostrophe
  1. inflection of apostropher:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: apostropher
    Sense id: en-apostrophe-fr-verb-nzdIMs4s Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 17 14 16 5 2 36 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 10 16 3 1 46 7 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 63 27
  2. inflection of apostropher:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: apostropher
    Sense id: en-apostrophe-fr-verb-bFxGJS0V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "apostrophe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: apostrophe",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: apostrophe"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "apostrof",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: apostrof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: apostrof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "апо́строф",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)\n→ Azerbaijani: apostrof",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)\n→ Azerbaijani: apostrof"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "آپاستروف",
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            "tr": "âpâstruf"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: آپاستروف (âpâstruf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: آپاستروف (âpâstruf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "tr",
            "2": "apostrof",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: apostrof",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: apostrof"
    }
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      },
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        "plural"
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          "orig": "fr:Orthography",
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        "media",
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        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/a.pɔs.tʁɔf/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "apostrophes"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/Fr-apostrophe.ogg/Fr-apostrophe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Fr-apostrophe.ogg"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "der"
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "orig": "fr:Rhetoric",
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            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "(rhetoric) apostrophe"
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        {
          "word": "apostropher"
        }
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        "feminine",
        "rhetoric"
      ]
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    },
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    }
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        "inflection of apostropher:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "id": "en-apostrophe-fr-verb-nzdIMs4s",
      "links": [
        [
          "apostropher",
          "apostropher#French"
        ]
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        "form-of",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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          "apostropher#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.pɔs.tʁɔf/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "apostrophes"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-apostrophe.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "apostrophe"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
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    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "French verb forms",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: apostrophe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: apostrophe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "apostrof",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: apostrof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: apostrof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "апо́строф",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)\n→ Azerbaijani: apostrof",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)\n→ Azerbaijani: apostrof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "آپاستروف",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "âpâstruf"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: آپاستروف (âpâstruf)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: آپاستروف (âpâstruf)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "apostrof",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: apostrof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: apostrof"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "apostrophus"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "orthography"
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        ]
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        "(orthography) apostrophe"
      ],
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        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "orthography",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.pɔs.tʁɔf/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "apostrophent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "apostrophes"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "French terms borrowed from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
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        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "apostropher"
    }
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          "apostrophe",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(rhetoric) apostrophe"
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "rhetoric"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.pɔs.tʁɔf/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "apostrophent"
    },
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      "homophone": "apostrophes"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-apostrophe.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "apostrophe"
}

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    "Pages with 3 entries",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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        }
      ],
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        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "apostropher#French"
        ]
      ],
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    {
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          "word": "apostropher"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of apostropher:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
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        [
          "apostropher",
          "apostropher#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.pɔs.tʁɔf/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "apostrophent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "apostrophes"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-apostrophe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/Fr-apostrophe.ogg/Fr-apostrophe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Fr-apostrophe.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apostrophe"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.