Complete Definition of "full stop"

Punctuation marks
English

Pronunciation
RP IPA|/f�l�st�p/

Noun
en-noun|sg=full stop

  1. UK|Australia The punctuation mark (�.�) indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation.

Synonyms
italbrac|indicating end of sentence period (North America)
italbrac|marking an abbreviation dot, point

Derived terms
full-stop landing

Translations
trans-top|The punctuation mark �.�
Bulgarian: �о�ка f
Chinese: �� (jùhào; indicating the end of a sentence): �
Danish: punktum n
Dutch: punt
Finnish: piste#Finnish|piste
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French: point#French|point m
Italian: punto m
Japanese: �� (���, kuten; indicating the end of a sentence): �
Swedish: punkt c
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Interjection
full stop

  1. UK|Australia And nothing less.

#: We need more people to join IRC, full stop.

Synonyms
rel-top|Synonyms
and that�s final
and that's that|that�s that
it's as simple as that|it�s as simple as that
period (North America)
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Translations
trans-top|And nothing less
French: un point c'est tout|un point c�est tout, point, point final
Finnish: ja#Finnish|ja, piste#Finnish|piste
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Swedish: och därmed basta!, punkt slut
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fr:full stop
ja:full stop
pl:full stop
ta:full stop
tr:full stop

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