apostrophe

Senso (Inglese)

The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

Concetti

apostrofo

apostrofe

invettiva

sinonimi

abbreviation

abhorrence

abomination

averseness

aversion

detestation

distaste

ellipsis

repugnance

repulsion

Traduzioni

apostrophe

Apostroph

apóstrofo

apóstrofo

apostrof

apóstrofe

apòstrof

απόστροφος

afkappingsteken

weglatingsteken

Auslassungszeichen

Hochkomma

apóstrofe

apòstrofe

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).