quotation

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English

Wikipedia

A quotation of French text.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

quotation (plural quotations)

1. A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.

   "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.

2. The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted.

   Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.

Synonyms

• quote
• citation

Derived terms

• quotation mark

Related terms

• attestation

Translations

fragment of a human expression

Arabic: اقتباس (iqtibās) m. Bosnian: citat (bs) m. Bulgarian: цитат (bg) m. Chinese: 引語, 引语 (yǐnyǔ) Czech: citát (cs) m. Dutch: citaat (nl) n. Finnish: sitaatti (fi) n., lainaus (fi) French: citation (fr) f. German: Zitat (de) n. Hebrew: צִטּוּט (tsitut) f., מוּבָאָה (muvah) f., צִיטָטָה (tsitata) f. Hungarian: idézet (hu) Icelandic: tilvitnun (is) f.

Italian: citazione (it) f. Japanese: 引用 (いにょう, inyō) Korean: 인용 (inyong) Norwegian: sitat (no) n. Polish: cytat (pl) m. Portuguese: citação (pt) f. Romanian: citat (ro) n. Russian: цитата (ru) (tsitáta) f. Scottish Gaelic: às-aithris (gd) f. Spanish: cita (es) f. Swedish: citat (sv) n.

act of naming a price; price that has been quoted

Czech: kótace (cs) f. Finnish: tarjous (fi)

French: devis (fr) m., cotation (fr) f. Italian: preventivo (it) m.