A

From the Etruscan letter 𐌀 (a), from the Ancient Greek letter Α (A, “alpha”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃾.


f

Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅 (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.


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i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

Lower case form of upper case Roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.


FIFA

From French Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“International Federation of Association Football”).

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association football
association football

(soccer) The International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of the sport of association football.

فِيفَا

the International Federation of Association Football


X

From the Etruscan letter 𐌗 (x, “ex”), from the Ancient Greek letter Χ (Kh, “chi”), created ex nihilo.

Coordinate term: / (spare)


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Invented by Louis Braille, braille cells were arranged in numerical order and assigned to the letters of the French alphabet. Most braille alphabets follow this assignment for the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet or, in non-Latin scripts, for the transliterations of those letters. In such alphabets, the first ten braille letters (the first decade: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚) are assigned to the Latin letters A to J and to the digits 1 to 9 and 0. (Apart from '2', the even digits all have three dots: ⠃⠙⠋⠓⠚.)
The letters of the first decade are those cells with at least one dot in the top row and at least one in the left column, but none in the bottom row. The next decade repeat the pattern with the addition of a dot at the lower left, the third decade with two dots in the bottom row, and the fourth with a dot on the bottom right. The fifth decade is like the first, but shifted downward one row. The first decade is supplemented by the two characters with dots in the right column and none in the bottom row, and that supplement is propagated to the other decades using the generation rules above. Finally, there are four characters with no dots in the top two rows. Many languages that use braille letters beyond the 26 of the basic Latin alphabet follow an approximation of the English or French values for additional letters.

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠁⟩: ⡁ ⢁ ⣁


b

Pronunciation of IPA [bɑː, ɑbbɑː] with the sound [b]

Modification of capital letter B by dropping its upper loop, from the Greek letter Β (“Beta”).


m

Pronunciation of IPA [mːɑː, ɑmmɑː] with the sound [m]

(music) mezzo, as in mezzo piano and mezzo forte


XL

(chiefly clothing) extra large (the manufactured size)


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ६ (6)). See 6 § Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit for more.

(music, superscript) an indicator that a triad is in first inversion.


A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ७ (7)). See 7 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

(music, superscript) an indicator that a chord is a dominant or major seventh chord


Derives from overset Io, an abbreviation of either interiectiō (“interjection”) or the interjection iō (“hey!”), placed at the end of an exclamation to mark it as such. It expresses admiratio (“awe, wonderment”) in the clause.

punctuation mark denoting excitement, surprise, or shock

She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.

But it has been a while since we've seen Smart!Jack; I wouldn't mind seeing him again...

2000 October 3, Alli Snow, “comment and question”, in alt.tv.stargate-sg1 (Usenet), message-ID <8rehdg$7u2$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:

Some take great exception to Action!Scully thinking she should be a little more country than rock and roll in her delicate condition.

2000 December 12, Laura, “Since You've Been Gone”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet), message-ID <3A36ABBA.FE77CD07@erols.com>:

(Internet slang, fandom slang) Used to join a descriptor, such as a trait, with its referent, usually a character or relationship.


From Italian ottava (“octave”). Since the 20th century, the "a" has sometimes been interpreted as representing alta in Italian ottava alta (“octave higher”); compare 8vb.

(music) An instruction to play one octave higher or lower than indicated.


ASA

American Samoa
American Samoa#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of American Samoa.


prêt

From French prêts, from French prêt (“ready”).

(fencing) The command to make ready; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


ready

From English ready, from the English-language sequence on your marks, ready, set, go, of which only ready is used translingually.

(sports) The command to make ready, regardless of language of competitors, used in multiple sports to get contestants to their marks in preparation to start.


(tennis) score after a player has scored one point in a game


(tennis) A score after a player has scored three points in a game, one point away from winning the game.


Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes

Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe

(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, used as a placeholder in the text to indicate that a bar of the chant should be omitted; typically used when a verse or half-verse is very short.


Use as a multiplication sign is usually attributed to English mathematician William Oughtred.

Russ Millions × Tion Wayne

BAPE × Stüssy

2022 July 23, Gargi Harjai, “Where to buy the John Richmond × Playboy collection? Price, release date, and more explored”, in Sportskeeda (in English):

(music, fashion, etc.) Used to denote collaboration in the design, execution or branding of a piece.


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠷⟩: ⡷ ⢷ ⣷


(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks a place in the text where an extra breath should be taken, resulting in a brief pause.


(cricket) Used to marks a score or statistic that is incomplete, such as the score of a batsman who is (or was) not out.


(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks a place in the text where a barline occurs in the chant.


VIN

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.


aller

From French allez, from French aller (“go”).

(fencing) The command to start; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêt, aller".


The hyphen-minus, a catch-all symbol for certain dash and dash-like characters.


C

* (element symbol, carbon): abbreviation
* (metrology, coulomb): abbreviation
* (computing, hexadecimal 12): From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}


D

* (chemistry, deuterium): abbreviation of deuterium
* (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
* (Germany): abbreviation of German word Deutschland (“Germany”)


E

From the Etruscan letter 𐌄 (e, “e”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ε (E, “epsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h, “he”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓀠.


F

From the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.


G

From a modification of the Latin letter C (“ce”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, “ce”), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, “gamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, “giml”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

(music) The major chord with a root of G.


H

From the Etruscan letter 𐌇 (h, he), from the Ancient Greek letter Η (Ē, eta), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇 (ḥ, het), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈈 or maybe 𓉗.


I

From the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, iota), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, yod), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.


J

From a modification of the Latin letter I (“i”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i, “i”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, “iota”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, “yod”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.


L

From the Etruscan letter 𐌋 (l, “el”), from the Ancient Greek letter Λ (L, “lambda”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤋 (l, “lamed”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌅.

(usually clothing) large (the manufactured size)


M

(usually clothing) medium (the manufactured size)


N

From the Etruscan letter 𐌍 (n, en), from the Ancient Greek letter Ν (N, nu), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤍 (n, nun), possibly from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓆓.

(music) Neapolitan chord (usually in first inversion, therefore followed by a superscript six)


O

From the Etruscan letter 𐌏 (o, “o”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ο (O, “omikron”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤏 (ʿ, “ʿayin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁹.


S

From the Etruscan letter 𐌔 (s, “es”), from the Ancient Greek letter Σ (S, “sigma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤔 (š, “šin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌒.

(usually clothing) small (the manufactured size)


V

From the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of Y and U.


Y

A late borrowing from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), first used to write Greek loanwords in Latin, derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of U and V.

reservation booking designator
reservation booking designator

(travel, aviation) The reservation booking designator for the highest level of economy air fare.


NED

(sports) Netherlands Abbreviation of Nederlands.


RV

Initialism for German Ryom-Verzeichnis (“Ryom-Catalog”).

(music) Initialism, used in combination with a reference number to indicate a particular work of music by Antonio Vivaldi according to a catalog originally assembled by Danish musicologist Peter Ryom.


SOL

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Solomon Islands.


ROA

(sports) Initialism of refugee Olympics athletes. (country code for the team)


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† (English symbol name dagger or obelus)

dagger (English name symbol)
obelus (English name symbol)

Derives from the obelus, ⟨⸓⟩. Originally shaped like a dagger, it is now sometimes identical in shape to a Latin cross.

(cricket) Used in scorecards to indicate the wicketkeeper.

(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, used in the margin to indicate a nonstandard place where a verse should be sung with the second part of a two-part chant; typically used for the final verse of a psalm with an odd number of verses.


Δ

(music) Used after a pitch class to denote a major seventh chord with a note of said pitch as its root.


D.C. al fine

(music) Repeat from the beginning to the end, or to the word "fine".


NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «A7».ogg

(music) The dominant seventh chord on A, formed by the notes A, C♯, E and G, also written as A⁷.


From Italian quindicesima (“fifteenth”). Since the 20th century, the "a" has sometimes been interpreted as representing alta in Italian quindicesima alta (“fifteenth higher”); compare 15mb.

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(music) An instruction to play two octaves higher than indicated.


L-L

(sports) Late result (results not received at the time of publication)


And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 13:16–18:


The shield of the sun god Apollo, with a boss in the center. Medieval replacement of ⟨🜚⟩, the sun with a single ray, which in ancient times had replaced a sun orb surrounded by multiple rays.
Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph ⟨⟩ and the Chinese character ⟨⟩, both of which mean 'sun' and 'day'.

(philately) cancellation (with an ordinary post-office cancellation mark).


Originally a lowercase b written with a round loop (the so called "round B" or "B rotundum") to distinguish from a lowercase b written with a square loop ("square B" or "B quadratum"), when the only notes used in (Western) music were what are now considered C, D, E, F, G, A, B-flat and B. The round B was used for the former and the square B for the latter. The round B was then later generalized as the symbol for flat notes.

(music) A flat; a bemol (a note one semitone lower).


Originally a lowercase b written with a square loop (the so called "square B" or "B quadratum") to distinguish from a lowercase b written with a round loop ("round B" or "B rotundum"), when the only notes used in (Western) music were what are now considered C, D, E, F, G, A, B-flat and B. The round B was used for the former and the square B for the latter. The square B was then later generalized as the symbol for non-flat notes, variants of which diverged into the modern natural and sharp signs.

(music) A sharp (a note one semitone higher).


(music) a natural (The cancelling of a flat "♭" or a sharp "♯")


Use as a multiplication or product operator is usually attributed to German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which indicates nonstandard places in the text where the chant should change note.


en garde

(fencing) The command to go to starting positions; used regardless of language of the participants; in the sequence "en garde, prêts, allez".


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+ (English symbol name plus sign or plus)

plus sign (English name symbol)
plus (English name symbol)

antonym(s) of “addition or positiveness”

From a ligature of Latin et (“and”). Compare & and ⁊ of same meaning.


XXL

(chiefly clothing) extra extra large (the manufactured size)


XS

(chiefly clothing) extra small (the manufactured size)


XXS

(chiefly clothing) extra extra small (the manufactured size)


For those unfamiliar with him, Geoff Crammond has been the inspiration behind a couple of superb F1 racing simulations on the PC.

2002, Kate Berens, Geoff Howard, The Rough Guide to Videogaming (in English):

(motor racing) Initialism of Formula One / Formula 1.


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Invented by Louis Braille, braille cells were arranged in numerical order and assigned to the letters of the French alphabet. Most braille alphabets follow this assignment for the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet or, in non-Latin scripts, for the transliterations of those letters. In such alphabets, the first ten braille letters (the first decade: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚) are assigned to the Latin letters A to J and to the digits 1 to 9 and 0. (Apart from '2', the even digits all have three dots: ⠃⠙⠋⠓⠚.)
The letters of the first decade are those cells with at least one dot in the top row and at least one in the left column, but none in the bottom row. The next decade repeat the pattern with the addition of a dot at the lower left, the third decade with two dots in the bottom row, and the fourth with a dot on the bottom right. The fifth decade is like the first, but shifted downward one row. The first decade is supplemented by the two characters with dots in the right column and none in the bottom row, and that supplement is propagated to the other decades using the generation rules above. Finally, there are four characters with no dots in the top two rows. Many languages that use braille letters beyond the 26 of the basic Latin alphabet follow an approximation of the English or French values for additional letters.

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠵⟩: ⡵ ⢵ ⣵


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠃⟩: ⡃ ⢃ ⣃


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠉⟩: ⡉ ⢉ ⣉


FIBA

(basketball) The Fédération Internationale de Basketball. Also known in English as International Basketball Federation. Originally known as "Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur" (international federation of amateur basketball); from its French name, hence the initialism.


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠙⟩: ⡙ ⢙ ⣙


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠑⟩: ⡑ ⢑ ⣑


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠋⟩: ⡋ ⢋ ⣋


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠛⟩: ⡛ ⢛ ⣛


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠓⟩: ⡓ ⢓ ⣓


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠊⟩: ⡊ ⢊ ⣊


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠚⟩: ⡚ ⢚ ⣚


(English name slash or stroke or solidus)

slash (English name)
stroke (English name)
solidus (English name)

The various uses of the present symbol derive from several sources. The medieval virgule (Latin virgula) was an oblique or vertical line that served as a comma, period, and caesura mark and is still used in literary contexts to mark line breaks in verse. (This mark separately developed as the comma ⟨,⟩ and caesura mark ⟨‖⟩ and some senses of the vertical bar ⟨|⟩.) The shilling mark (Latin solidus) was variously written s. or as the long s ſ. This eventually developed into a single unpunctuated slash; its use to separate shillings from pence was sometimes generalized to any currency division. Most mathematical senses derived from the earlier horizontal fraction bar (as in 12, usually attributed to Arabic mathematician al-Hassar), rewritten with a slash by the 18th century to permit fractions to be written on a single line. As a separator and conjunction, it represents an oblique form of the dash ⟨–⟩ or hyphen ⟨-⟩. Its use to mark supposed actions derives from command formatting in online chat forums, while its use to comment on preceding text derives from its use in some programming languages to form closing tags. Its present British name stroke derives from its use in telegraphy; its present American name slash gained wide currency from its use in computing.

£10/– is ten quid even.

(numismatics, sometimes proscribed) Used to separate base currency units from their subdivisions; or, when followed by a dash or hyphen marking an even sum.


(historical, numismatics) The currency sign for British, Irish, Kenyan, etc. shillings.


(music) Two eighth notes connected with a beam.


(music) Two sixteenth notes connected with a beam.


sf

(music) sforzando (of playing: with a strong initial attack)


FR

Formula Regional
Formula Regional#English

(motor racing) Initialism of Formula Regional.: Formula Regional / Formula R; a category on the FIA single seat open wheel open cockpit formula racing ladder. Multinational regional designation for F3 series, such as continental based series.


FINA

Abbreviation of French Fédération Internationale de Natation (International Swimming Federation).

(swimming) Fédération Internationale de Natation, the world's governing body for swimming


(music) Symbol for G seventh or dominant seventh.


وَوَضۡعُ هٰذِهِ الۡعَلَامَةِ «۩» بَعۡدَ كَلِمَةٍ یَدُلُّ عَلَىٰ مَوۡضِعِ السَّجۡدَةِ نَحۡوُ: وَلِلَّهِ یَسۡجُدُ مَا فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَمَا فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن دَاۤبَّةࣲ وَٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ وَهُمۡ لَا یَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ۝٤٩ یَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَیَفۡعَلُونَ مَا یُؤۡمَرُونَ ۩ ۝٥٠

1424 AH / 2003–2004 CE, “رِوَايَةُ هٰذَا الۡمُصۡحَفِ وَمُصۡطَلَحَاتُ رَسۡمِهِ وَضَبۡطِهِ وَعَدُّ آيِهِ [riwāyatu hāḏā l-muṣḥafi wamuṣṭalaḥātu rasmihi waḍabṭihi waʕaddu ʔāyihi]”, in مُصۡحَفُ الۡمَدِينَةِ النَّبَوِيَّةِ [muṣḥafu l-madīnati n-nabawiyyati] (in Arabic), King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran, page ح:

(Islam) used in the Qur'an, indicating that the reciter should follow the example of the prophet Muhammad in prostrating himself before Allah at that point in the verse.


(sports) the plus-minus statistic for a player, which represents the number of points or goals scored while the player is on the playing surface, positive added for the player's team scoring for, negative added for opponent's team scoring against.


The caesura mark is a variant of the medieval Latin virgula (“scratch comma”).

The angel of the Lord tarrieth | round about | them that ‖ fear him : | and de|livereth | them.

(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, used to mark the place in a verse which corresponds to the double barline in the chant, in circumstances where this is not the same place as the colon which divides the two halves of the verse; typically done when one half is very short.


ƒ

(photography) Used to denote an f-number, usually in the format “ƒ/N” where N is the f-number.


★ (English symbol name star or five-pointed star)

star (English name symbol)
five-pointed star (English name symbol)

Likely from Egyptian 𓇼 (“determinative for stars and constellations”) (image: dwA). However, around the same time in Mesopotamia, non-cuneiform depictions of a star with eight- or six-points are attested; compare Sumerian 𒀭, a cuneiform character descended from such drawings.

der

(sports, originally soccer) On a kit, indicates a tournament or championship victory.


(Buddhism) the dharmachakra, the symbol for Buddhism


BWV

Initialism for the German Bach (“J.S.Bach”)-Werke (“works”)-Verzeichnis (“catalog”).

(music) Used to indicate a particular work of music according to a reference number assigned in the Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach, a catalog which provides a reference number for each work of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, or which has been attributed to him.


(music) Symbol for B seventh or dominant seventh.


Coordinate term: 𝄆

(music) Indicates the end of a repeated passage of music.


(music) The five-lined musical staff, used in standard Western musical notation


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠂⟩: ⡂ ⢂ ⣂


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠅⟩: ⡅ ⢅ ⣅


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠆⟩: ⡆ ⢆ ⣆


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠌⟩: ⡌ ⢌ ⣌


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠒⟩: ⡒ ⢒ ⣒


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠔⟩: ⡔ ⢔ ⣔


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠡⟩: ⡡ ⢡ ⣡


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠤⟩: ⡤ ⢤ ⣤


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠇⟩: ⡇ ⢇ ⣇


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠍⟩: ⡍ ⢍ ⣍


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠎⟩: ⡎ ⢎ ⣎


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠕⟩: ⡕ ⢕ ⣕


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠥⟩: ⡥ ⢥ ⣥


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠣⟩: ⡣ ⢣ ⣣


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠩⟩: ⡩ ⢩ ⣩


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠪⟩: ⡪ ⢪ ⣪


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠱⟩: ⡱ ⢱ ⣱


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠸⟩: ⡸ ⢸ ⣸


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠴⟩: ⡴ ⢴ ⣴


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠬⟩: ⡬ ⢬ ⣬


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠏⟩: ⡏ ⢏ ⣏


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠗⟩: ⡗ ⢗ ⣗


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠝⟩: ⡝ ⢝ ⣝


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠞⟩: ⡞ ⢞ ⣞


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠧⟩: ⡧ ⢧ ⣧


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠫⟩: ⡫ ⢫ ⣫


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠭⟩: ⡭ ⢭ ⣭


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠮⟩: ⡮ ⢮ ⣮


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠳⟩: ⡳ ⢳ ⣳


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠶⟩: ⡶ ⢶ ⣶


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠹⟩: ⡹ ⢹ ⣹


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠺⟩: ⡺ ⢺ ⣺


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠟⟩: ⡟ ⢟ ⣟


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠻⟩: ⡻ ⢻ ⣻


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠽⟩: ⡽ ⢽ ⣽


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠾⟩: ⡾ ⢾ ⣾


Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠿⟩: ⡿ ⢿ ⣿


(numismatics) spesmilo (an obsolete international currency)


CAF

From French Confédération africaine de football.

Confederation of African Football
w:Confederation of African Football

(soccer) Initialism of Confederation of African Football (alternatively African Football Confederation), the governing body for the sport of association football in Africa.


Formula Three
Formula Three#Translingual

(motor racing) Initialism of Formula Three / Formula 3.


ANT

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Antigua and Barbuda.


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`num` (English symbol name number sign or hash or pound sign or octothorpe)

`num` (canonical)
number sign (English name symbol)
hash (English name symbol)
pound sign (English name symbol)
octothorpe (English name symbol)

(music) Alternative form of ♯ (“sharp”).


A simplification of the punctus elevatus, ⟨⹎⟩.

(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks the place which splits a verse in two, corresponding to the central double barline in a two-part chant (unless otherwise indicated by ‖).


`vert`

`vert` (English symbol name vertical bar or vertical line or pipe or pipe key)

`vert` (canonical)
vertical bar (English name symbol)
vertical line (English name symbol)
pipe (English name symbol)
pipe key (English name symbol)

(music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks a place in the text where a barline occurs in the chant.


ISV

Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands#Translingual

U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Virgin Islands.(U.S. Virgin Islands)


rf

(music) rinforzando (of playing: with special emphasis)


Coordinate term: 𝄇

(music) Indicates the beginning of a repeated passage of music.


sfz.

(music) sforzando (of playing: with a strong initial attack)


1̂

(music) tonic, or the first scale degree


2̂

(music) supertonic, or the second scale degree


3̂

(music) mediant, or the third scale degree


4̂

(music) subdominant, or the fourth scale degree


5̂

(music) dominant, or the fifth scale degree


6̂

(music) submediant, or the sixth scale degree


7̂

(music) subtonic or leading tone, the seventh scale degree


From Italian ottava bassa (“octave lower”), by analogy with 8va interpreted as an abbreviation of Italian ottava alta (“octave higher”).

(music) An instruction to play one octave lower than indicated.


⁶₄

second inversion
second inversion#English

(music) Indicates that a triad is in second inversion.


TPE

(sports): Abbreviation of Taipei. (Taiwan)

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

(sports) Chinese Taipei (Republic of China / Taiwan).


V⁷

dominant seventh chord
dominant seventh chord

(music) dominant seventh chord with the root as the dominant scale degree


(music) Indicates that the tempo quickens to one and a half times its original pace.


(music) Indicates that the tempo slows to two-thirds of its original pace.


Ⅴ/Ⅴ

(music) secondary dominant triad that tonicizes the dominant in the original key


Ⅴ⁷/Ⅴ

(music) secondary dominant seventh chord that tonicizes the dominant in the original key


ᴹ⁷

(music) An indicator that a seventh chord is major.


˚⁷

diminished
diminished seventh chord#English

(music) An indicator that a seventh chord is diminished.


Ø⁷

half diminished
half-diminished seventh chord

(music) an indicator that a seventh chord is half diminished


(music, quarter notes and longer) split into eighth note pulses

(music, quarter notes and shorter) split into two notes each with half the duration of the notated note


(music, quarter notes and longer) split into sixteenth note pulses

(music, quarter notes and shorter) split into four notes each with one fourth the duration of the notated note, sometimes resulting in a tremolo


(music) an indicator that a note's duration should be multiplied by 1.5


(music) an indicator that a note's duration should be multiplied by 1.75


IOP

(sports) Abbreviation of independent Olympics participants or individual Olympics participants. (country code for the team)


(music) A separator between two measures or bars.

(music) A line that closes the staff at the beginning and end of the staff on the right and left side of the page.

(music) A line that connects the staves of grand staff.


(music) An indicator of a change of key signature or any other major change.

(music) indicates a da capo or dal segno

(music, rare) Used at the end of single-line pieces, e.g. for scales or some demonstrative pieces.


(music) indicates the end of a piece or movement


(music) indicates where to return from a dal segno


EOR

(sports) Abbreviation of French équipe olympique des réfugiés (“Olympic Team of Refugees”).; an International Olympic Committee country code.


From Italian quindicesima bassa (“fifteenth lower”), by analogy with 15ma interpreted as an abbreviation of Italian quindicesima alta (“fifteenth higher”).

der

(music, very rare) An instruction to play two octaves lower than indicated.


sfz

(music) sforzando (of playing: with a strong initial attack)


mov.

(music) Abbreviation of movimento (Italian for “movement”, “motion”).


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 17 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 21 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 20 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 18 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 16years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 15 years of age


(sports) pertaining to a grouping of people who are under 19 years of age


BDN

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
w:en:Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

(sports) Abbreviation of Brandon. (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada)


IOA

(sports) Abbreviation of independent Olympics athletes or individual Olympics athletes. (country code for the team)


CGO

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Congo. (Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo)


GEQ

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English

Guinée équatoriale
Guinée équatoriale#French

(sports) Equatorial Guinea Abbreviation of Guinée équatoriale.


IVB

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English

Îles vierges britanniques
Îles vierges britanniques#French

(sports) British Virgin Islands Abbreviation of Îles vierges britanniques.


CAY

Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Cayman Islands.


SKN

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#Translingual

(sports) Abbreviation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.


XXXL

extra extra extra large
extra extra extra large

(chiefly clothing) extra extra extra large (the manufactured size)


صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
صلى الله عليه وسلم#Arabic

صَلَّى صلى#Arabic

(Islam) peace be upon him; a diacritical mark to represent صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama), specifically the ص (ṣ) in صَلَّى (ṣallā).


عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ
عليه السلم#Arabic

(Islam) peace be upon him; a diacritical mark to represent عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu), specifically the ع (ʕ) in ﷷ (ʕalayhi, “upon him”). It is used in Urdu.


رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ
رحمه الله#Arabic

عَلَيْهِ عليه#Arabic

رَحْمَة رحمة#Arabic

(Islam) may God's mercy be upon him; a diacritical mark used to represent رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ (raḥimahu llāhu ʕalayhi), specifically the رَحْ (raḥ) in رَحْمَة (raḥma). It is used in Urdu.


(food): Abbreviation of kosher. A trademarked symbol used by the OK Kosher Certification agency for use on food packaging.

○ and ◌⃝ for uses of a letter inside a circle

(food, Judaism, North America) kosher food


TCH

(historical, sports) IOC Olympics country code for Czechoslovakia


Fina

(swimming, sports) Alternative form of FINA


FISA

w:en:Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile

(motor racing) FISA: Acronym of Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile.; from French FISA; the international wheeled terrestrial motorsports world federation sports authority; part of the FIA, the international wheeled terrestrial vehicle world federation


MXG

(sports) Abbreviation of English mixed group.; for country codes of non-national mixed groupings in competitions where other groupings are national teams


(motor racing) Initialism of Formula 4.: Formula 4 / Formula Four; the fourth level of the FIA single seat open wheel open cockpit formula racing ladder. Unlike many Formula series, the "4" is not a displacement rating, in refers to a performance level below Formula One (“F1”), the third step below it. Many national formula racing series are F4-based series. The current iteration of F4 is a spec series.


(philately) fiscal cancellation (cancellation of revenue stamps for taxation purposes)


XXXS

extra extra extra small
extra extra extra small

(chiefly clothing) extra extra extra small (the manufactured size)


XXXXL

extra extra extra extra large
extra extra extra extra large

(chiefly clothing) extra extra extra extra large (the manufactured size)


AIN

(IOC country code): From French athlètes individuels neutres (“neutral individual athletes”), from athlète+individuel+neutre

International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee#English

(Olympics, sports, politics) An International Olympic Committee country code for neutral Olympic competitors


Baháʼí Baháʼí

(religion) The Baháʼí nine-pointed star, used inter alia as a gravestone marker for the Baháʼí faith.


half-diminished seventh chord
half-diminished seventh chord

(music, jazz theory) Used after a pitch class to denote a half-diminished seventh chord with a note of said pitch as its root.

(music) niente, a dynamic marker representing total silence


The Islamic sense derives from the numerical value of the Arabic phrase بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi, “In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate”), known as the basmala, calculated using the Abjad numeral system.

(Islam) Used as a short form of the basmala, or as a lucky or holy number.


(music) A fermata note. E.g. fermata ⟨♩͒⟩ is held longer than an unmarked quarter note ⟨♩⟩.


(music, Persian) sori (a quarter-tone sharp)


(music, Persian) koron (a quarter-tone flat)


1827, Franz Schubert, Impromptu in G♭ major, Opus 90, № 3, Andante (D. 899), published 1857, incipit


XLT

(chiefly clothing) extra large tall (the manufactured size)


Sense 2 is derived from the absence of an emoji or Unicode character for a rope; rather, this symbol specifically represents a knot.

(Internet slang, BDSM, metonymically) Represents bondage.


(music, rare) A quarter tone sharp note.


(music, dated) A three-quarter tone sharp note.

(music) An undefined microtone note between a sharp and three-quarter tone sharp; the exact value needs to be defined for each work.


(music, dated) A quarter tone sharp note.

(music) An undefined microtone note between a quarter tone sharp and a full sharp; the exact value needs to be defined for each work.


(music) An undefined microtone note less than a quarter tone sharp; the exact value needs to be defined for each work.


(music, dated) A quarter tone flat note.

(music) An undefined microtone note less than a quarter tone flat; the exact value needs to be defined for each work.


(music) An undefined microtone note between a quarter tone flat and a full flat; the exact value needs to be defined for each work.


(music, dated) A three-quarter tone flat note.

(music) An undefined microtone note between a flat and three-quarter tone flat; the exact value needs to be defined for each work.


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Various:
* (punk): Arose in the late 1970s, origin obscure.
* (solidarity): Proposed by the British Twitter user @cheeahs on 26 June 2016 as an object which can be subtly attached to one's clothing to signify being a "safe" ally to those experiencing racism following the United Kingdom's Brexit referendum. After going viral on the platform in the following days, the safety pin became a symbol against worldwide racism as a whole and later any forms of discrimination in general.
* (diaper): Resembles a diaper pin; by extension used as a metonym for babies or childcare in general.
* (sewing): Safety pins are widely applicable to sewing as they can be used to fasten fabrics; by extension, applicable and useful also in arts and crafts.


(music) An instruction indicating that the player should rest for multiple bars.


(tourism, cartography) a park or recreation ground


rfz

(music) rinforzando (of playing: with special emphasis)