What the hell is a semicolon for anyway?
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Semicolon
//ˈsɛmikoʊlən//
Synonyms for "semicolon" (11 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 66 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pikëpresje noun (punctuation mark ';')
Arabic
2 entries- ؛ noun (punctuation mark ';')
- فَاصِلَة مَنْقُوطَة noun (punctuation mark ';')
Armenian
1 entries- կետ-ստորակետ noun (punctuation mark ';')
Asturian
1 entries- puntu y coma noun (punctuation mark ';')
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nöqtəli vergül noun (punctuation mark ';')
Bashkir
1 entries- нөктәле өтөр noun (punctuation mark ';')
Belarusian
1 entries- кро́пка з ко́скай noun (punctuation mark ';')
Bulgarian
1 entries- то́чка и запета́я noun (punctuation mark ';')
Catalan
1 entries- punt i coma noun (punctuation mark ';')
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分號 /分号 noun (punctuation mark ';')
- ； noun (punctuation mark ';')
Cornish
1 entries- poynt ha komma noun (punctuation mark ';')
Czech
1 entries- středník noun (punctuation mark ';')
Danish
1 entries- semikolon noun (punctuation mark ';')
Dutch
2 entries- kommapunt noun (punctuation mark ';')
- puntkomma noun (punctuation mark ';')
Esperanto
1 entries- punktokomo noun (punctuation mark ';')
Estonian
1 entries- semikoolon noun (punctuation mark ';')
Faroese
1 entries- semikolon noun (punctuation mark ';')
Finnish
1 entries- puolipiste noun (punctuation mark ';')
French
1 entries- point-virgule noun (punctuation mark ';')
Galician
1 entries- punto e coma noun (punctuation mark ';')
Georgian
2 entries- წერტილ-მძიმე noun (punctuation mark ';')
- წერტილმძიმე noun (punctuation mark ';')
German
2 entries- Semikolon noun (punctuation mark ';')
- Strichpunkt noun (punctuation mark ';')
Greek
2 entries- άνω τελεία noun (punctuation mark ';')
- ερωτηματικό noun (punctuation mark ';')
Hebrew
1 entries- נקודה ופסיק \ נְקֻדָּה וּפְסִיק noun (punctuation mark ';')
Hindi
2 entries- अर्धविराम noun (punctuation mark ';')
- सेमीकोलन noun (punctuation mark ';')
Hungarian
1 entries- pontosvessző noun (punctuation mark ';')
Icelandic
2 entries- semikomma noun (punctuation mark ';')
- semíkomma noun (punctuation mark ';')
Ido
1 entries- puntokomo noun (punctuation mark ';')
Interlingua
1 entries- puncto e virgula noun (punctuation mark ';')
Irish
2 entries- leathstad noun (punctuation mark ';')
- leathstadanna noun (punctuation mark ';')
Italian
1 entries- punto e virgola noun (punctuation mark ';')
Japanese
2 entries- セミコロン noun (punctuation mark ';')
- ； noun (punctuation mark ';')
Kazakh
1 entries- нүктелі үтір noun (punctuation mark ';')
Korean
2 entries- 세미콜론 noun (punctuation mark ';')
- 쌍반점 noun (punctuation mark ';')
Kyrgyz
1 entries- үтүрдүү чекит noun (punctuation mark ';')
Latvian
1 entries- semikols noun (punctuation mark ';')
Lithuanian
1 entries- kabliataškis noun (punctuation mark ';')
Macedonian
1 entries- точка-запирка noun (punctuation mark ';')
Malayalam
1 entries- അർദ്ധവിരാമം noun (punctuation mark ';')
Mongolian
1 entries- цэгтэй таслал noun (punctuation mark ';')
Māori
1 entries- kopipiko noun (punctuation mark ';')
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- semikolon noun (punctuation mark ';')
Pashto
1 entries- ؛ noun (punctuation mark ';')
Persian
2 entries- ؛ noun (punctuation mark ';')
- نقطهویرگول noun (punctuation mark ';')
Polish
1 entries- średnik noun (punctuation mark ';')
Portuguese
1 entries- ponto e vírgula noun (punctuation mark ';')
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬਿੰਦੀ ਕਾਮਾ noun (punctuation mark ';')
Romanian
1 entries- punct și virgulă noun (punctuation mark ';')
Russian
1 entries- то́чка с запято́й noun (punctuation mark ';')
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leth-chòilean noun (punctuation mark ';')
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- tačka sa zapetom noun (punctuation mark ';')
- točka sa zarezom noun (punctuation mark ';')
- тачка са зепетом noun (punctuation mark ';')
- точка за зарезом noun (punctuation mark ';')
Slovak
1 entries- bodkočiarka noun (punctuation mark ';')
Slovene
1 entries- podpičje noun (punctuation mark ';')
Spanish
1 entries- punto y coma noun (punctuation mark ';')
Swahili
2 entries- alama ya nuktamkato noun (punctuation mark ';')
- nukta mkato noun (punctuation mark ';')
Swedish
1 entries- semikolon noun (punctuation mark ';')
Tagalog
1 entries- tuldok-kuwit noun (punctuation mark ';')
Tamil
1 entries- அரைப்புள்ளி noun (punctuation mark ';')
Thai
1 entries- อัฒภาค noun (punctuation mark ';')
Turkish
1 entries- noktalı virgül noun (punctuation mark ';')
Ukrainian
2 entries- кра́пка з ко́мою noun (punctuation mark ';')
- сере́дник noun (punctuation mark ';')
Urdu
1 entries- ؛ noun (punctuation mark ';')
Uzbek
1 entries- nuqtali vergul noun (punctuation mark ';')
Vietnamese
1 entries- dấu chấm phẩy noun (punctuation mark ';')
Welsh
2 entries- hanner colon noun (punctuation mark ';')
- hanner colonau noun (punctuation mark ';')
Zulu
1 entries- unzoqhwishi class 1a/2a noun (punctuation mark ';')
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
People tend to have troubles figuring out when to write a semicolon.
Source: tatoeba (1234973)
In my language, the "," is called comma, the ";" is called semicolon, ":" is called colon, "..." are called ellipsis, and this sentence ends with a period.
Source: tatoeba (1336028)
The semicolon is the most feared punctuation on earth.
Source: tatoeba (3949351)
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