invul noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
plaatshouder noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
vulling noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
vulsel noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Finnish

1 entries

paikkamerkki noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

French

3 entries

marque substitutive noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
placeholder noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
substitut noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

German

1 entries

Platzhalter noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Hungarian

4 entries

helyettesítő noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
helykitöltő noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
helyőrző noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
pótlék noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Italian

4 entries

segnaposto noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
simbolo noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
sostituto noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
tal dei tali noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Macedonian

2 entries

пополнувач noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
резервирано место noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Māori

1 entries

puri tūranga noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Norwegian

1 entries

plassholder noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Polish

2 entries

symbol zastępczy noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
zamiennik noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Portuguese

1 entries

calhau noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Russian

2 entries

заполни́тель noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)
ры́ба noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Spanish

1 entries

marcador noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Swedish

1 entries

platshållare noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Welsh

1 entries

dalfan noun (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I use that little flag as a placeholder.

Source: tatoeba (5303117)

So square brackets indicate a placeholder, right? Can that placeholder represent anything other than a year?

Source: tatoeba (13401168)

This data is a placeholder, so you'll want to include the real numbers as soon as you have them.

Source: wiktionary

As the years go by, speech reverts to childhood levels of disfluency, with more pauses, more errors, more repeated words, but even the peak years are not great: up to 8 percent of the average person’s word output consists of meaningless fillers and placeholders like um, uh and er.

Source: wiktionary

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