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exclamation mark plural exclamation marks
The punctuation mark "! used to denote excitement , shock , or surprise .
Synonyms: astonisher ( US ) bang ( obsolete ) ecphoneme ( archaic ) exclamation ( US ) exclamation point ( obsolete ) interjection point ( obsolete ) mark of admiration mark of exclamation ( obsolete ) note of admiration ( obsolete ) note of interjection ( computing ) pling screamer ( Britain ) shriek The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!
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punctuation mark “!”
Afrikaans: uitroepteken
Albanian: pikëçuditje (sq) f
Altai:
Southern Altai: кыйгылу темдек ( kïygïlu temdek )
Arabic: عَلَامَةْ تَعَجُّب f ( ʕalāmat taʕajjub ) , عَلَامَةْ هُتَاف f ( ʕalāmat hutāf )
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܘܕܵܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ m ( šuwdāʿā d-qrāytā )
Armenian: բացականչական նշան (hy) ( bacʻakančʻakan nšan )
Azerbaijani: nida işarəsi
Bashkir: өндәү билдәһе ( ündäw beldähi )
Belarusian: клі́чнік m ( klíčnik ) , клі́чны знак m ( klíčny znak )
Bengali: বিস্ময়সূচক চিহ্ন ( biśśõẏśucok cihno )
Bulgarian: удиви́телна (bg) f ( udivítelna ) , удиви́телен знак m ( udivítelen znak )
Burmese: အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်သင်္ကေတ ( amedditsangketa. )
Carpathian Rusyn: выкричник m ( vŷkryčnyk ) , воскличник m ( vosklyčnyk )
Catalan: signe d'exclamació m signe d'admiració m
Chichewa: mfuuliro class 3
Chinese:
Cantonese: 感歎號 / 感叹号 ( gam2 taan3 hou6 )
Mandarin: 感嘆號 / 感叹号 (zh) ( gǎntànhào ) , 嘆號 / 叹号 (zh) ( tànhào )
Cornish: merk garm m
Crimean Tatar: nida işareti
Czech: vykřičník (cs) m
Danish: udråbstegn (da) n
Dutch: uitroepteken (nl) n
Esperanto: krisigno
Estonian: hüüumärk (et)
Faroese: rópitekn n
Finnish: huutomerkki (fi)
French: point d'exclamation (fr) m
Georgian: ძახილის ნიშანი ( ʒaxilis nišani )
German: Ausrufezeichen (de) n Ausrufungszeichen (de) n ( rare ) , Rufzeichen (de) n ( Austria )
Greek: θαυμαστικό (el) n ( thavmastikó )
Hebrew: סִימַן קְרִיאָה (he) m ( simán kri'á )
Hindi: विस्मयादिबोधक चिन्ह m ( vismayādibodhak cinha ) , विस्मयादिबोधक चिह्न m ( vismayādibodhak cihna )
Hungarian: felkiáltójel (hu)
Icelandic: upphrópunarmerki (is) n
Ido: klamopunto (io)
Indonesian: tanda seru (id)
Irish: comhartha uaillbhreasa m
Italian: punto esclamativo (it) m
Japanese: 感嘆符 (ja) ( かんたんふ, kantanfu ) , ビックリマーク ( bikkurimāku )
Kankanaey: markan di pigsa
Kazakh: леп белгісі ( lep belgisi )
Khmer: ឧទានសញ្ញា ( ʼutiənĕəʼsaññaa ) , វិម្ហយសញ្ញា ( vɨmhaʼyĕəʼsaññaa )
Korean: 느낌표 (ko) ( neukkimpyo ) , 감탄부(感歎符) (ko) ( gamtanbu )
Kyrgyz: илеп белгиси ( ilep belgisi )
Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍຫມາຍທ້ວງ ( khư̄ang māi māi thūang ) , ໝາຍອັດສະຈັນ ( māi ʼat sa chan ) , ເຄື່ອງໝາຍຄຳຖາມ ( khư̄ang māi kham thām )
Latvian: izsaukuma zīme f
Lithuanian: šauktukas (lt) m
Lü: ᦺᦙᧉᦉᦐᦳᧅ ( may²ṡṅuk )
Luxembourgish: Ausruffzeechen (lb) n
Macedonian: извичник m ( izvičnik )
Malay: tanda seru (ms)
Malayalam: വിക്ഷേപിണി (ml) ( vikṣēpiṇi ) , ആശ്ചര്യചിഹ്നം ( āścaryacihnaṁ )
Maltese: marka ta’ esklamazzjoni f
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: ро̄ӈхуглан по̄с ( rōňhuglan pōs )
Māori: tohu karanga tohuhā tohuoho
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: анхаарлын тэмдэг ( anxaarlyn temdeg )
Norman: point d'excliamâtion m mèrque d'excliamâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utropstegn (no) n
Pashto: د غم نښه f ( dë ǧam nix̌a ) , اعلانيه نښه f ( i'lāniya nix̌a )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: عَلامَتِ تَعَجُّب (fa) ( alâmat-e ta'ajjob ) , نَمادِ شِگِفْت ( namâd-e šegeft ) , عَلامَتِ خِطاب ( alâmat-e xetâb )
Polish: wykrzyknik (pl) m
Portuguese: ponto de exclamação (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਵਿਸਮਕ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ m ( vismak cinnh )
Romanian: semn de exclamare n semn de exclamație n
Russian: восклица́тельный знак (ru) m ( vosklicátelʹnyj znak )
Scottish Gaelic: clisg-phuing m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀скличнӣк m у̀звичнӣк m
Latin: ùskličnīk (sh) m ùzvičnīk (sh) m
Slovak: výkričník m
Slovene: klicaj (sl) m
Spanish: signo de exclamación m signo de admiración m signo exclamativo m signo exclamatorio m signo admirativo m
Swahili: alama ya mshangao (sw)
Swedish: utropstecken (sv) n
Tagalog: tandang padamdam
Tajik: аломати хитоб ( alomat-i xitob ) , аломати тааҷҷуб ( alomat-i taajjub )
Tamil: வியப்புக்குறி (ta) ( viyappukkuṟi ) , ஆச்சரியக்குறி (ta) ( āccariyakkuṟi )
Tatar: өндәү билгесе ( öndäw bilgese )
Thai: อัศเจรีย์ (th) ( àt-sà-jee-rii ) , เครื่องหมายตกใจ (th) ( krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-dtòk-jai )
Turkish: ünlem (tr) , ünlem işareti (tr)
Turkmen: ünlem belgisi
Ukrainian: окли́чний знак m ( oklýčnyj znak ) , знак о́клику m ( znak óklyku )
Urdu: عَلامَتِ فُجائِیَّہ f ( 'alāmat-i fujāiyya )
Uyghur: ئۈندەش بەلگىسى ( ündesh belgisi )
Uzbek: undov belgisi
Vietnamese: dấu chấm than (vi)
Welsh: ebychnod (cy) m rhyfeddnod (cy) m
¡ ‼ ‽ interrobang )⁈ ⁉ ﹗ ❢ ❣ ՜ ( ! ) (Armenian )᥄ ( ! ) (Limbu )Punctuation
