Apostrophe

//əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi//

Synonyms for "apostrophe" (40 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (12)

Related words (20)

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

Related terms

25 entries

Showing 16 of 25 words.

dbpedia genre

3 entries

derived

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

has context

2 entries

instance of

1 entries

is a

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related to

8 entries

Translations

127 translations across 75 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀπόστροφος noun (the character ’)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِلْتِفَات noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • فَاصِلَة عُلْيَا noun (the character ’)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ապաթարց noun (the character ’)
  • ապաթարց noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Asturian

2 entries
  • apóstrofe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apóstrofu noun (the character ’)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • апо́страф noun (the character ’)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ঊর্ধকমা noun (the character ’)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • апостро́ф noun (the character ’)
  • апостроф noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Catalan

2 entries
  • apòstrof noun (the character ’)
  • apòstrofe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • nkhodolero noun (the character ’)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 撇號 /撇号 noun (the character ’)
  • 省字符 noun (the character ’)
  • 省略符號 /省略符号 noun (the character ’)
  • 隔音符號 /隔音符号 noun (the character ’)

Cornish

2 entries
  • kollverk noun (the character ’)
  • kollverkys noun (the character ’)

Czech

2 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)
  • apostrofa noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Danish

2 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)
  • apostrofe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Dutch

3 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)
  • apostrof noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • weglatingsteken noun (the character ’)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • apostrofo noun (the character ’)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ülakoma noun (the character ’)

Finnish

3 entries
  • apostrofi noun (the character ’)
  • apostrofi noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • heittomerkki noun (the character ’)

French

2 entries
  • apostrophe noun (the character ’)
  • apostrophe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Galician

2 entries
  • apóstrofe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apóstrofo noun (the character ’)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აპოსტროფი noun (the character ’)

German

3 entries
  • Apostroph noun (the character ’)
  • Apostrophe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • Hochkomma noun (the character ’)

Greek

2 entries
  • αποστροφή noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • απόστροφος noun (the character ’)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַפּוֹסְטְרוֹף noun (the character ’)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • aposztróf noun (the character ’)
  • hiányjel noun (the character ’)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • úrfellingarmerki noun (the character ’)

Ido

1 entries
  • apostrofo noun (the character ’)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • tuldek noun (the character ’)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tanda penyingkat noun (the character ’)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • apostrophe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apostropho noun (the character ’)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • آپاسْتْروف noun (the character ’)
  • آپوسْتْروف noun (the character ’)

Irish

4 entries
  • aitheasc noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apastróf noun (the character ’)
  • apastróf noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • uaschamóg noun (the character ’)

Italian

2 entries
  • apostrofe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apostrofo noun (the character ’)

Japanese

3 entries
  • アポストロフ noun (the character ’)
  • アポストロフィー noun (the character ’)
  • 省略符号 noun (the character ’)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • апостроф noun (the character ’)

Korean

1 entries
  • 아포스트로피 noun (the character ’)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • апостроф noun (the character ’)

Latin

2 entries
  • apostropha noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apostrophus noun (the character ’)

Latvian

1 entries
  • apostrofs noun (the character ’)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • apostrofa noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apostrofas noun (the character ’)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Apostroph noun (the character ’)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • апостро́фа noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • апостроф noun (the character ’)

Malay

1 entries
  • tanda penyingkat noun (the character ’)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വിശ്ലേഷം noun (the character ’)

Manx

1 entries
  • apostrophee noun (the character ’)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • апостроф noun (the character ’)

Māori

1 entries
  • pakini noun (the character ’)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)

Polish

2 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)
  • apostrofa noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • apóstrofe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apóstrofo noun (the character ’)

Romanian

2 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)
  • apostrof noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Russian

2 entries
  • апо́строф noun (the character ’)
  • апостро́ф noun (the character ’)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ascair noun (the character ’)
  • asgair noun (the character ’)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • apòstrofa noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • izòstavnik noun (the character ’)
  • àpostrof noun (the character ’)
  • а̀построф noun (the character ’)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • උඩු කොමා noun (the character ’)

Slovak

1 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)

Slovene

2 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)
  • opuščaj noun (the character ’)

Spanish

3 entries
  • apóstrofe noun (the character ’)
  • apóstrofe noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • apóstrofo noun (the character ’)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • kotimarki noun (the character ’)

Swahili

2 entries
  • apostrofi noun (the character ’)
  • ritifaa noun (the character ’)

Swedish

2 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)
  • apostrof noun (sudden piece of dialogue)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kudlit noun (the character ’)

Tajik

1 entries
  • апостроф noun (the character ’)

Tatar

1 entries
  • апостроф noun (the character ’)

Thai

1 entries
  • อะพอสทรอฟี noun (the character ’)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kesme işareti noun (the character ’)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • апо́строф noun (the character ’)
  • апостро́ф noun (the character ’)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئاجرىتىش بەلگىسى noun (the character ’)
  • ىسقارتىش بەلگىسى noun (the character ’)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • apostrof noun (the character ’)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • dấu lược noun (the character ’)

Welsh

3 entries
  • collnod noun (the character ’)
  • cyfarchiad noun (sudden piece of dialogue)
  • sillgoll noun (the character ’)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַפּאָסטראָף noun (the character ’)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"There's an apostrophe missing. It's and its are different." "I know. It was a typing error."

Source: tatoeba (2243450)

The final vowel of a noun or of the definite article can be left out and replaced by an apostrophe.

Source: tatoeba (2758918)

In Esperanto, the final vowel of a noun or of the definite article can be left out and replaced by an apostrophe.

Source: tatoeba (3749257)

TDK has decided to abolish the use of apostrophe in names of institutions.

Source: tatoeba (5864117)

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