quotation mark

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 See also 1.2.2 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwəʊˈteiʃn̩ mɑɹk/

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quotation mark (plural quotation marks) (normally plural)

1. One of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing.

The mark at the beginning (opening quotation mark) is “ or ‘, and the mark at the end (closing quotation mark) is ” or ’.

[edit] See also

• guillemet

[edit] Translations

Punctuation

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

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

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

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

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