Backslash

//ˈbækˌslæʃ//

Synonyms for "backslash" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

Noun(2 words)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

12 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived from

2 entries

has context

2 entries

related to

6 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

58 translations across 29 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مَائِلَة مُعَاكِسَة noun (punctuation mark)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • обра́тна черта́ noun (punctuation mark)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 反斜槓 /反斜杠 noun (punctuation mark)
  • 反斜線 /反斜线 noun (punctuation mark)

Czech

1 entries
  • zpětné lomítko noun (punctuation mark)

Dutch

4 entries
  • backslash noun (punctuation mark)
  • omgekeerde schuine streep noun (punctuation mark)
  • schuine streep naar achter noun (punctuation mark)
  • schuine streep naar links noun (punctuation mark)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • deklivo noun (punctuation mark)

Estonian

3 entries
  • kurakaldkriips noun (punctuation mark)
  • kurakriips noun (punctuation mark)
  • längkriips noun (punctuation mark)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bakskák noun (punctuation mark)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kenoviiva noun (punctuation mark)

French

4 entries
  • antislash noun (punctuation mark)
  • backslash noun (punctuation mark)
  • barre oblique inversée noun (punctuation mark)
  • contre-oblique noun (punctuation mark)

German

2 entries
  • Backslash noun (punctuation mark)
  • Rückwärtsschrägstrich noun (punctuation mark)

Greek

2 entries
  • ανάστροφη κάθετος noun (punctuation mark)
  • αντιπλάγια noun (punctuation mark)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • fordított törtvonal noun (punctuation mark)

Italian

1 entries
  • barra inversa noun (punctuation mark)

Japanese

2 entries
  • バックスラッシュ noun (punctuation mark)
  • 逆斜線 noun (punctuation mark)

Korean

2 entries
  • 역사선 noun (punctuation mark)
  • 역슬래시 noun (punctuation mark)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • лева коса црта noun (punctuation mark)

Maltese

1 entries
  • sinjal djagonali noun (punctuation mark)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bakstrek noun (punctuation mark)

Polish

3 entries
  • ukośnik lewy noun (punctuation mark)
  • ukośnik odwrotny noun (punctuation mark)
  • ukośnik wsteczny noun (punctuation mark)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • barra inversa noun (punctuation mark)
  • barra invertida noun (punctuation mark)
  • contrabarra noun (punctuation mark)

Romanian

2 entries
  • bară oblică inversă noun (punctuation mark)
  • linie oblică inversă noun (punctuation mark)

Russian

4 entries
  • бе́кслэ́ш noun (punctuation mark)
  • обра́тная коса́я noun (punctuation mark)
  • обра́тная коса́я черта́ noun (punctuation mark)
  • обра́тный слэш noun (punctuation mark)

Slovak

2 entries
  • opačná lomka noun (punctuation mark)
  • spätná lomka noun (punctuation mark)

Slovene

1 entries
  • leva poševnica noun (punctuation mark)

Spanish

4 entries
  • barra inversa noun (punctuation mark)
  • barra invertida noun (punctuation mark)
  • barra oblicua inversa noun (punctuation mark)
  • barra revertida noun (punctuation mark)

Thai

1 entries
  • แบ็กสแลช noun (punctuation mark)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ters bölü noun (punctuation mark)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • бе́кслеш noun (punctuation mark)
  • обе́рнена скісна́ ри́ска noun (punctuation mark)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

[…] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).

Source: wiktionary

“So, do what I tell you. Open a browser window and type this in the menu^([sic]) bar: F-T-P colon backslash backslash euronews dot net backslash...” I pecked carefully at the keyboard as he dictated a URL that was about fifty characters long, […]

Source: wiktionary

Also, avoid submenus^([sic]) that can confuse the audience—if you're giving lengthy Web site addresses full of backslashes, shorten it so only the Web site's home page is given.

Source: wiktionary

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