exclamation mark

See also: exclamation-mark

English[edit]

exclamation mark

exclamation mark (plural exclamation marks)

Punctuation mark “!” (used to denote excitement, surprise or shock).
The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!

(punctuation “!”): exclamation, exclamation point (USA); shriek (Britain); bang (USA); ecphoneme (obsolete); note of admiration (obsolete); pling

punctuation “!”

Afrikaans: uitroepteken
Arabic: ! (!), عَلَامَة تَعَجُّب‎‎ f (ʿalāmat taʿajjub), عَلَامَة هُتَاف‎‎ f (ʿalāmat hutāf)
Armenian: բացականչական նշան (bacʿakančʿakan nšan)
Bashkir: өндәү билдәһе (öndäw bildähe)
Belarusian: клі́чнік m (klíčnik), клі́чны знак m (klíčny znak)
Bulgarian: удивителна (bg) f (udivitelna)
Catalan: signe d'exclamació m, signe d'admiració m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 感嘆號 (zh), 感叹号 (zh) (gǎntànhào), ！
Crimean Tatar: nida işareti
Czech: vykřičník (cs) m
Danish: udråbstegn (da) n
Dutch: uitroepteken (nl) n
Esperanto: krisigno
Finnish: huutomerkki (fi)
French: point d'exclamation (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Ausrufezeichen (de) n
Greek: θαυμαστικό (el) n (thavmastikó)
Hebrew: סימן קריאה‎‎ (he) m (siman kria)
Hungarian: felkiáltójel (hu)
Icelandic: upphrópunarmerki (is) n
Ido: klamopunto (io)
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), ！ (ja)
Korean: 느낌표 (ko) (neukkimpyo)