Semicolon

Sem′i-coˊlon

,

Noun.

The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.

Semicolon

SEM'ICOLON

,

Noun.

[semi and colon.] In grammar, and punctuation, the point [;] the mark of pause to be observed- in reading or speaking, of less duration than the colon, double the duration of the comma, or half the duration of the period. It is used to distinguish the conjunct members of the sentence.

semicolon

See also: semi-colon

English

Alternative forms

semi-colon

Noun

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The punctuation mark ';' .
A semicolon is followed by an initial lower-case letter (unless for proper nouns).

Translations

punctuation mark ';'

Arabic: ؛ ‎(;), فَاصِلَة مَنْقُوطَة f ‎(fāṣila manqūṭa)
Armenian: կետ-ստորակետ ‎(ket-storaket)
Asturian: puntu y coma m
Burmese:
Catalan: punt i coma m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分號 (zh), 分号 (zh) ‎(fēnhào), ；
Cornish: poynt ha komma m
Czech: středník m
Danish: semikolon (da) n
Dutch: puntkomma (nl) f, n, kommapunt (nl) m
Esperanto: punktokomo
Estonian: semikoolon
Faroese: semikolon n
Finnish: puolipiste (fi)
French: point-virgule (fr) m
Galician: punto e coma m
Georgian: წერტილმძიმე ‎(c̣erṭilmʒime)
German: Strichpunkt (de) m, Semikolon (de) n
Greek: άνω τελεία (el) f ‎(áno teleía) (áno teleía), (in relevance to the Greek language) ερωτηματικό (el) n ‎(erotimatikó) (erotimatikó)
Hebrew: נקודה ופסיק (he)
Hungarian: pontosvessző (hu)
Interlingua: puncto e virgula

Irish: leathstad m, leathstadanna m pl
Italian: punto e virgola m
Japanese: セミコロン ‎(semikoron), ； (ja)
Kazakh: нүктелі үтір ‎(nükteli ütir)
Latvian: semikols m
Lithuanian:
Macedonian: точка-запирка f ‎(tóčka-zápirka)
Norwegian: semikolon c
Pashto: ؛
Persian: ؛, نقطه‌ویرگول (fa) ‎(noqte-virgul)
Polish: średnik (pl) m
Portuguese: ponto e vírgula (pt), ponto-e-vírgula m
Romanian: punct și virgulă (ro)
Russian: то́чка с запято́й (ru) f ‎(tóčka s zapjatój)
Scottish Gaelic: leth-chòilean m
Slovak: bodkočiarka f
Slovene: podpičje (sl) n
Spanish: punto y coma m
Swahili: alama ya nuktamkato (sw)
Swedish: semikolon (sv) c
Tagalog: tuldok-kuwit
Turkish: noktalı virgül (tr)
Urdu: ؛
Welsh: hanner colon m, hanner colonau m pl

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Semicolon

Sem′i-coˊlon

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Semicolon

SEM'ICOLON

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semicolon

semicolon

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