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Punctuation
//ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "punctuation" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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More general
4 entriesRelated terms
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
derived
15 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmeronym
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
100 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- punktuasie noun (set of symbols)
Albanian
1 entries- pikësim noun (set of symbols)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στίξις noun (set of symbols)
Arabic
4 entries- ترقيم noun (set of symbols)
- تَرْقِيم noun (set of symbols)
- علامة ترقيم noun (set of symbols)
- عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم noun (set of symbols)
Armenian
1 entries- կետադրություն noun (set of symbols)
Asturian
1 entries- puntuación noun (set of symbols)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- durğu işarələri noun (set of symbols)
- punktuasiya noun (set of symbols)
Basque
1 entries- puntuazio noun (set of symbols)
Belarusian
1 entries- пунктуа́цыя noun (set of symbols)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пунктуа́ция noun (set of symbols)
Burmese
1 entries- အဖြတ်အတောက် noun (set of symbols)
Catalan
1 entries- puntuació noun (set of symbols)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 句讀 /句读 noun (set of symbols)
- 標點 /标点 noun (set of symbols)
Czech
1 entries- interpunkce noun (set of symbols)
Danish
1 entries- tegnsætning noun (set of symbols)
Dutch
1 entries- interpunctie noun (set of symbols)
Esperanto
1 entries- interpunkcio noun (set of symbols)
Estonian
2 entries- kirjavahemärgid noun (set of symbols)
- vahemärgid noun (set of symbols)
Finnish
3 entries- välimerkit noun (set of symbols)
- välimerkittäminen noun (act)
- välimerkitys noun (act)
French
1 entries- ponctuation noun (set of symbols)
Galician
1 entries- puntuación noun (set of symbols)
Georgian
1 entries- პუნქტუაცია noun (set of symbols)
German
4 entries- Interpunktion noun (set of symbols)
- Satzzeichen noun (set of symbols)
- Zeichensetzung noun (set of symbols)
- Zeichensetzung noun (act)
Greek
1 entries- στίξη noun (set of symbols)
Gujarati
1 entries- વિરામચિહ્નો noun (set of symbols)
Hindi
1 entries- विराम चिह्न noun (set of symbols)
Hungarian
2 entries- központozás noun (set of symbols)
- központozás noun (act)
Icelandic
1 entries- greinarmerki noun (set of symbols)
Ido
1 entries- puntizado noun (set of symbols)
Indonesian
1 entries- tanda baca noun (set of symbols)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- عَلائِمِ نِگارِشی noun (set of symbols)
- نِشانِههایِ سَجاوَنْدی noun (set of symbols)
- نِشانِههایِ نِگارِشی noun (set of symbols)
- نِشانِهگُذاری noun (set of symbols)
Irish
1 entries- poncaíocht noun (set of symbols)
Italian
2 entries- interpunzione noun (set of symbols)
- punteggiatura noun (set of symbols)
Japanese
3 entries- 句読法 noun (act)
- 句読点 noun (set of symbols)
- 約物 noun (set of symbols)
Kazakh
1 entries- пунктуация noun (set of symbols)
Khmer
1 entries- វណ្ណយុត្ត noun (set of symbols)
Korean
3 entries- 구두법 noun (act)
- 구두점 noun (set of symbols)
- 문장 부호 noun (set of symbols)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- пунктуация noun (set of symbols)
Lao
1 entries- ເຄື່ອງໝາຍວັກ noun (set of symbols)
Latvian
1 entries- interpunkcija noun (set of symbols)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skyryba noun (set of symbols)
Macedonian
1 entries- интерпункција noun (set of symbols)
Malay
1 entries- tanda baca noun (set of symbols)
Maltese
1 entries- punteġġjatura noun (set of symbols)
Marathi
1 entries- विरामचिन्हे noun (set of symbols)
Māori
1 entries- tohutuhi noun (set of symbols)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tegnsetting noun (set of symbols)
Polish
2 entries- interpunkcja noun (set of symbols)
- przestankowanie noun (set of symbols)
Portuguese
1 entries- pontuação noun (set of symbols)
Romanian
1 entries- punctuație noun (set of symbols)
Russian
3 entries- зна́ки препина́ния noun (set of symbols)
- препина́ние noun (set of symbols)
- пунктуа́ция noun (set of symbols)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- pungadh noun (set of symbols)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- interpunkcija noun (set of symbols)
- punktuacija noun (set of symbols)
- razgodak noun (set of symbols)
- интерпункција noun (set of symbols)
Slovak
1 entries- interpunkcia noun (set of symbols)
Slovene
2 entries- interpunkcija noun (set of symbols)
- ločílo noun (set of symbols)
Spanish
1 entries- puntuación noun (set of symbols)
Swedish
1 entries- skiljetecken noun (set of symbols)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagbabantas noun (act)
- palabantasan noun (set of symbols)
Tajik
2 entries- гузоштани аломатҳои китобатӣ noun (set of symbols)
- пунктуатсия noun (set of symbols)
Tamil
1 entries- நிறுத்தக்குறிகள் noun (set of symbols)
Telugu
1 entries- విరామ చిహ్నములు noun (set of symbols)
Thai
2 entries- วรรคตอน noun (set of symbols)
- เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน noun (set of symbols)
Turkish
1 entries- noktalama noun (set of symbols)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пунктуа́ція noun (set of symbols)
Urdu
1 entries- رُمُوزِ اَوقاف noun (set of symbols)
Uzbek
1 entries- punktuatsiya noun (set of symbols)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chấm câu noun (set of symbols)
Welsh
1 entries- atalnodi noun (set of symbols)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
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Please change the punctuation.
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German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure!
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