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See also: ˈ [U+02C8 MODIFIER LETTER VERTICAL LINE], ‘ [U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK], ’ [U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK], ʻ [U+02BB MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA], ʹ [U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME], -', and ' '

' U+0027, '
APOSTROPHE
← &
[U+0026] 		Basic Latin ( →
[U+0028]
＇ U+FF07, ＇
FULLWIDTH APOSTROPHE
← ＆
[U+FF06] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms （ →
[U+FF08]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

'

  1. Any of multiple characters with a similar shape:
    1. ’ (apostrophe)
    2. ‛ (leading apostrophe)
    3. A quotation mark, in some languages: see ' '.
    4. (IPA) ˈ (primary stress)
    5. ׳ (Hebrew geresh)
  • (diacritical mark): ", :

Diacritical mark

'

  1. Any of multiple characters with a similar shape.
    1. ׳ (Hebrew geresh)
    2. (IPA) ʼ (ejective consonant)
    3. Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an acute or grave accent, when technical limitations prevent the use of one.

Letter

'

  1. A letter representing a glottal stop, or glottalization:
    1. ' or ʼ (compare ˀ, ˁ, ʿ, and ʾ)
    2. ꞌ (the saltillo, used in some languages of Mexico and Guatemala to represent either a glottal stop or a fricative sound).
    3. ʻ (the Hawaiian okina).

See also

Symbol

’

  1. Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a written word, often but not always because they are not being pronounced.
    English: don't, y' , o'er (over), fo'c's'le (forecastle), tho' (though), cont'd (continued); German: Leut' (Leute)
    1. Replaces letter(s) when two or more words are contracted into one word.
      English: I'm (I am), wouldn't've (would not have); French: qu’il (que il), à c’t’heure (à cette heure); German: gibt's (gibt es), auf'm (auf dem)
  2. Similarly replaces one or more numbers which have been removed.
    '95 (1995)
  3. ', the foot (length unit symbol).
  4. (mathematics) ′ (prime symbol).
  5. (time, angles) The symbol representing the minute, placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate minutes count.
  6. (grammar) Alternative form of ¯

Coordinate terms

  • (time): "
  • (angles): ", °

See also

Punctuation

quotation marks and quotation dashes by language (edit)
quotation marks - all matched-pairs
quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters
  • Curved double quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟
  • Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛
  • Straight double quotation mark: "
  • Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
  • Prime quotation marks: 〝 · 〞 · 〟
  • Guillemets: « · »
  • Single guillemets: ‹ · ›
  • Corner brackets: 「 · 」 · 『 · 』
  • Quotation dashes: — (em dash) · ― (horizontal bar) · – (en dash)

English

Particle

’

  1. See -'.

Chinese

Punctuation mark

'

  1. Used to mark an initial a, e, or o in a multisyllabic Pinyin word, to prevent confusion.
    普洱 ― pǔ'ěr ― a city in Yunnan; a tea

Esperanto

Punctuation mark

'

  1. (chiefly poetic) Used to indicate omission of the a in la to form l'.
  2. (chiefly poetic) Used to indicate omission of the final -o of nominative singular nouns.
    • 1891, L. L. Zamenhof, "La Espero":
      al la mond' eterne militanta ĝi promesas sanktan harmonion.

Finnish

Symbol

’

  1. Alternative spelling of ’

Usage notes

Very common in computing, including online texts.

Polish

Alternative forms

Punctuation mark

'

  1. Put before the declension suffix of a foreign name, if the preceding letter is silent.
    Harry'ego /xaˈrɛ.ɡɔ/ — genitive case of Harry
    Georges'em /ˈʐɔr.ʐɛm/ — instrumental case of Georges

Further reading

  • ' in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ' in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Symbol

’

  1. Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a word.
    eneu' (eneuch, "enough"), lea' (leave, "leave")
  2. The apologetic apostrophe: inserted into a Scots word to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.
    de'il (deil, "devil")

Somali

Pronunciation

Letter

' upper case (lower case ')

  1. The first letter of the Somali alphabet, called alef and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • This is the first letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is followed by B. It is rarely used in the initial position.

See also

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