punctuation mark

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punctuation mark

noun punctuation marks

  1. Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc., and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.

    Similar: punctuation mark

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noun symbol used in writing

Españolsigno de puntuación, signo puntuante
한국어구두점 gudujeom
日本語句読点 kutōten
中文標點符號 /标点符号 biāodiǎn fúhào, 標點 /标点 biāodiǎn, 句讀 /句读 jùdòu
Kiswahilialama ya uakifishaji
Portuguêssinal de pontuação
Françaissigne de ponctuation
DeutschSatzzeichen
Italianosegno d'interpunzione, segno di interpunzione, segno di punteggiatura
Ελληνικάσημείο στίξης simeío stíxis, σημείο στίξεως simeío stíxeos
Românăsemn de punctuație
Русскийзнак препина́ния znak prepinánija
Tiếng Việtdấu chấm câu, dấu chấm
العربيةعَلَامَة تَرْقِيم ʕalāmat tarqīm

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@misc{punctuation_mark_2026,
  title = {punctuation mark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/punctuation%20mark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}