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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Symbol 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 See also 1.3 References

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

? may derive from Qo, with the Q written over the o, an abbreviation of Latin quaestio (“‘question’”), placed at the end of a question to mark it as such.^[1]

[edit] Symbol

?

1. a question mark
2. (chess) A mistake

[edit] Translations

chess

• Russian: ?, плохой ход, ошибка

[edit] See also

• ¿ (Spanish)
• ??
• ?!
• !
• !?
• ‽
• !!
• ؟ (Arabic/Persian)
• ？ (CJK)
• ; (Greek)
• ՞ (Armenian)

Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( ⟨ ⟩ ) colon ( : )

comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … )

exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )

interrobang ( ‽ ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )

semicolon ( ; ) slash/solidus ( / ) ( ⁄ ) space (   ) interpunct ( · )

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Alexander Humez, 1987, A B C et cetera: the life & times of the Roman alphabet