exclamação

Meaning

1. (feminine) exclamation (loud calling or crying out)
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of ponto de exclamação (“exclamation mark”)

Concepts

exclamation

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exclamation mark

exclamation point

exclaiming

outcry

ecphonesis

Synonyms

ponto de exclamação

Translations

exclamación

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exclamation

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esclamazione

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exclamació

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Ausruf

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uitroep

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αναφώνηση

point d’exclamation

exclamatio

punto esclamativo

signe d’exclamació

θαυμαστικό

Pronounced as (IPA)

/is.kla.maˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: exclamatio

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin exclāmātiōnem. By surface analysis, exclamar + -ção.