apostrof

See also: apòstrof

Albanian

Noun

apostróf m (plural apostrofa, definite apostrofi, definite plural apostrofat)

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

Declension

Declension of apostrof

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	apostrof	apostrofi	apostrofa	apostrofat
accusative		apostrofin
dative	apostrofi	apostrofit	apostrofave	apostrofave
ablative			apostrofash

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “apostrof”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		апостроф
Abjad		آپوستروف

Etymology

From Russian апостроф (apostrof), from French apostrophe, from Latin apostrophus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

apostrof (definite accusative apostrofu, plural apostroflar)

1. (orthography) apostrophe (the character ’)

Declension

Declension of apostrof

	singular	plural
nominative	apostrof	apostroflar
definite accusative	apostrofu	apostrofları
dative	apostrofa	apostroflara
locative	apostrofda	apostroflarda
ablative	apostrofdan	apostroflardan
definite genitive	apostrofun	apostrofların

Possessive forms of apostrof

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	apostrofum	apostroflarım
sənin (“your”)	apostrofun	apostrofların
onun (“his/her/its”)	apostrofu	apostrofları
bizim (“our”)	apostrofumuz	apostroflarımız
sizin (“your”)	apostrofunuz	apostroflarınız
onların (“their”)	apostrofu or apostrofları	apostrofları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	apostrofumu	apostroflarımı
sənin (“your”)	apostrofunu	apostroflarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	apostrofunu	apostroflarını
bizim (“our”)	apostrofumuzu	apostroflarımızı
sizin (“your”)	apostrofunuzu	apostroflarınızı
onların (“their”)	apostrofunu or apostroflarını	apostroflarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	apostrofuma	apostroflarıma
sənin (“your”)	apostrofuna	apostroflarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	apostrofuna	apostroflarına
bizim (“our”)	apostrofumuza	apostroflarımıza
sizin (“your”)	apostrofunuza	apostroflarınıza
onların (“their”)	apostrofuna or apostroflarına	apostroflarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	apostrofumda	apostroflarımda
sənin (“your”)	apostrofunda	apostroflarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	apostrofunda	apostroflarında
bizim (“our”)	apostrofumuzda	apostroflarımızda
sizin (“your”)	apostrofunuzda	apostroflarınızda
onların (“their”)	apostrofunda or apostroflarında	apostroflarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	apostrofumdan	apostroflarımdan
sənin (“your”)	apostrofundan	apostroflarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	apostrofundan	apostroflarından
bizim (“our”)	apostrofumuzdan	apostroflarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	apostrofunuzdan	apostroflarınızdan
onların (“their”)	apostrofundan or apostroflarından	apostroflarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	apostrofumun	apostroflarımın
sənin (“your”)	apostrofunun	apostroflarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	apostrofunun	apostroflarının
bizim (“our”)	apostrofumuzun	apostroflarımızın
sizin (“your”)	apostrofunuzun	apostroflarınızın
onların (“their”)	apostrofunun or apostroflarının	apostroflarının

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapostrof]

Noun

apostrof m inan

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

   Synonym: odsuvník

Declension

Declension of apostrof (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	apostrof	apostrofy
genitive	apostrofu	apostrofů
dative	apostrofu	apostrofům
accusative	apostrof	apostrofy
vocative	apostrofe	apostrofy
locative	apostrofu	apostrofech
instrumental	apostrofem	apostrofy

Derived terms

• obrácený apostrof
• zpětný apostrof

See also

• interpunkce

Further reading

• “apostrof”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “apostrof”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “apostrof”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apostrɔf/, [ɑb̥oˈsd̥ʁʌf], [ab̥oˈsd̥ʁʌf]

Noun

apostrof c (singular definite apostroffen, plural indefinite apostroffer)

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

Inflection

Declension of apostrof

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	apostrof	apostroffen	apostroffer	apostrofferne
genitive	apostrofs	apostroffens	apostroffers	apostroffernes

See also

• apostrof on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Alternative forms

• apostrophe (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French apostrophe, from Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.poːˈstrɔf/, /ˌaː.pɔˈstrɔf/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: apo‧strof
• Rhymes: -ɔf

Noun

apostrof f or m (plural apostrofs or apostroffen, diminutive apostrofje n)

1. apostrophe

   Synonym: weglatingsteken

Related terms

• apostrofe

Descendants

• → Indonesian: apostrof
• → Papiamentu: apostròf

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch apostrof, from Middle French apostrophe, from Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapɔstrɔf]
• Hyphenation: apos‧trof

Noun

apostrof (plural apostrof-apostrof)

1. apostrophe

Further reading

• “apostrof” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos).

Noun

apostrof m (definite singular apostrofen, indefinite plural apostrofer, definite plural apostrofene)

1. an apostrophe

References

• “apostrof” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos).

Noun

apostrof m (definite singular apostrofen, indefinite plural apostrofar, definite plural apostrofane)

1. an apostrophe

References

• “apostrof” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos). Doublet of apostrofa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔs.trɔf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔstrɔf
• Syllabification: a‧pos‧trof

Noun

apostrof m inan

1. (orthography) apostrophe (the text character ’)

Declension

Declension of apostrof

	singular	plural
nominative	apostrof	apostrofy
genitive	apostrofu	apostrofów
dative	apostrofowi	apostrofom
accusative	apostrof	apostrofy
instrumental	apostrofem	apostrofami
locative	apostrofie	apostrofach
vocative	apostrofie	apostrofy

Related terms

adjective

• apostroficzny

adverb

• apostroficznie

noun

• apostrofa

verb

• apostrofować

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French apostrophe, from Latin apostrophus.

Noun

apostrof n (plural apostrofuri)

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

Declension

Declension of apostrof

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	apostrof	apostroful		apostrofuri	apostrofurile
genitive-dative	apostrof	apostrofului		apostrofuri	apostrofurilor
vocative	apostrofule			apostrofurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎpostrof/
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧strof

Noun

àpostrof m (Cyrillic spelling а̀построф)

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

   Synonym: (Croatian, neologism) izòstavnik

Declension

Declension of apostrof

	singular	plural
nominative	apostrof	apostrofi
genitive	apostrofa	apostrofa
dative	apostrofu	apostrofima
accusative	apostrof	apostrofe
vocative	apostrofe	apostrofi
locative	apostrofu	apostrofima
instrumental	apostrofom	apostrofima

See also

• apòstrofa

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apɔstróːf/

Noun

apostrọ̑f m inan

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

   Synonym: opuščáj

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	apostróf
gen. sing.	apostrófa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	apostróf	apostrófa	apostrófi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	apostrófa	apostrófov	apostrófov
dative (dajȃlnik)	apostrófu	apostrófoma	apostrófom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	apostróf	apostrófa	apostrófe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	apostrófu	apostrófih	apostrófih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	apostrófom	apostrófoma	apostrófi

Turkish

Etymology

From French apostrophe, from Latin apostrophus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.pos.tɾof/

Noun

apostrof (definite accusative apostrofu, plural apostroflar)

1. (orthography) apostrophe

   Synonym: kesme işareti

Declension

Declension of apostrof

	singular	plural
nominative	apostrof	apostroflar
definite accusative	apostrofu	apostrofları
dative	apostrofa	apostroflara
locative	apostrofta	apostroflarda
ablative	apostroftan	apostroflardan
genitive	apostrofun	apostrofların