exclamation
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclamatio, from ex (“out”) + clamare (“I cry out”).
Pronunciation
Noun
exclamation (countable and uncountable, plural exclamations)
- A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume III, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 45:
- "And now, my dearest Lucy, collect yourself, for all depends upon our own resources." Such were the whispered exclamations with which Francesca cheered her trembling companion, whose courage was not heightened by the darkness and stillness around them as they proceeded on their hazardous enterprise.
- A word expressing outcry; an interjection
- An exclamation mark
- Synonym: exclamation point
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Translations
loud calling or crying out; outcry
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word expressing outcry
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part of speech
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exclamation mark — see exclamation mark
Further reading
- “exclamation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “exclamation”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exclamātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
exclamation f (plural exclamations)
- exclamation (cry of joy)
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Further reading
- “exclamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.