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English
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Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/��p�s.tr�.fi/
italbrac|US IPA|/��p��s.tr�.fi/
audio|en-us-apostrophe.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
From French apostrophe#French|apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Greek α�����ο�ο� �accent of elision�, a noun use of an adjective from α�ο���έ�ειν �turn away�.

Alternative spellings
apostrophë

Noun
en-noun

1. context|orthography The text character �, which is used to mark the possessive (�s) or to show the omission of letters or numbers (tho�, they�ll, �65).

Translations
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Albanian: t+|sq|apostrof|m|xs=Albanian
Bosnian: t-|bs|apostrof|m
Bulgarian: t-|bg|апо���о�|m|sc=Cyrl
Catalan: apòstrof m
Croatian: t-|hr|apostrof|m, t-|hr|izostavnik|m
Czech: apostrof m
Danish: t-|da|apostrof
Dutch: afkappingsteken n, weglatingsteken n, apostrof f
Finnish: t+|fi|heittomerkki, t-|fi|apostrofi
French: t+|fr|apostrophe|f
German: t+|de|Apostroph|m, t-|de|Hochkomma|n
Icelandic: úrfellingarmerki n
Interlingua: apostropho
Italian: t+|it|apostrofo|m
mid
Latvian: apostrofs m
Polish: t+|pl|apostrof|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|apóstrofo|m
Romanian t+|ro|apostrof|n
Russian: t-|ru|апо���о�|m|trapostróf|scCyrl
Serbian:

Slovene: opuš�aj m, apostrof m
Spanish: t-|es|apóstrofo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|apostrof

Related terms
greengrocer's apostrophe

punctuation

Etymology 2
Latin apostrophe#Latin|apostrophe, from Greek α�ο���ο�ή, from α�ο���έ�ειν �turn away�, from ��� + ���έ�ειν �turn�.

Noun
en-noun

1. rhetoric A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent

Translations

Armenian: ապաթա�� (apat�arts�)
Bosnian: t-|bs|apostrofa|f
Croatian: t-|hr|apostrofa|f
Interlingua: apostrophe
Polish: t-|pl|apostrofa|f
Portuguese: t-|pt|apóstrofe|f
mid
Romanian: t+|ro|apostrof|n
Serbian:

Swedish: t-|sv|apostrof

Category:Greek derivations

et:apostrophe
el:apostrophe
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ja:apostrophe
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ro:apostrophe
ru:apostrophe
fi:apostrophe
sv:apostrophe
ta:apostrophe
te:apostrophe
vi:apostrophe
tr:apostrophe

• 2007-12-15 20:22 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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