The pilcrow was a simple punctuation symbol used by medieval scribes to indicate the start and end of a paragraph.
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Pilcrow
//ˈpɪl.kɹəʊ//
Synonyms for "pilcrow" (5 found)
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22 translations across 20 languages.
Basque
1 entries- paragrafo zeinu noun (a paragraph mark)
Catalan
1 entries- calderó noun (a paragraph mark)
Danish
1 entries- afsnitstegn noun (a paragraph mark)
Dutch
1 entries- alineateken noun (a paragraph mark)
Finnish
2 entries- kappaleen merkki noun (a paragraph mark)
- kappalemerkki noun (a paragraph mark)
French
1 entries- pied-de-mouche noun (a paragraph mark)
Galician
1 entries- antígrafo noun (a paragraph mark)
German
1 entries- Absatzzeichen noun (a paragraph mark)
Hungarian
1 entries- bekezdésjel noun (a paragraph mark)
Italian
1 entries- piede di mosca noun (a paragraph mark)
Japanese
1 entries- 段落記号 noun (a paragraph mark)
Korean
1 entries- 단락 기호 noun (a paragraph mark)
Middle English
1 entries- paraf noun (a paragraph mark)
Norwegian
1 entries- avsnittstegn noun (a paragraph mark)
Polish
1 entries- znacznik akapitu noun (a paragraph mark)
Portuguese
1 entries- pé de mosca noun (a paragraph mark)
Russian
1 entries- пункт знак noun (a paragraph mark)
Spanish
2 entries- calderón noun (a paragraph mark)
- signo de antígrafo noun (a paragraph mark)
Swedish
1 entries- alinea noun (a paragraph mark)
Turkish
1 entries- paragraf işareti noun (a paragraph mark)
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