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English Alternative forms Etymology From semi- colon
Pronunciation ( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/ , /-ˈkəʊlɒn/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈsɛmikoʊlən/ Noun semicolon (plural semicolons or semicola
The punctuation mark ; 2021 Hyphens & Hashtags , Bodleian Library, page 28 :The use of the semicolon has remained contentious and subject to fashion.
Derived terms Translations punctuation mark ';'
Albanian: pikëpresje (sq) f
Arabic: فَاصِلَة مَنْقُوطَة f ( fāṣila manqūṭa ) , ؛ ( symbol )
Armenian: կետ-ստորակետ (hy) ( ket-storaket )
Asturian: puntu y coma (ast) m
Azerbaijani: nöqtəli vergül
Bashkir: нөктәле өтөр ( nöktəle ötör )
Belarusian: кро́пка з ко́скай f ( krópka z kóskaj )
Bulgarian: то́чка и запета́я f ( tóčka i zapetája )
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: punt i coma m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分號 ／ 分号 (zh) ( fēnhào ) , ； (zh) ( symbol )
Cornish: poynt ha komma m
Czech: středník (cs) m
Danish: semikolon (da) n
Dutch: puntkomma (nl) f or n kommapunt (nl) m
Esperanto: punktokomo
Estonian: semikoolon
Faroese: semikolon n
Finnish: puolipiste (fi)
French: point-virgule (fr) m
Galician: punto e coma (gl) m
Georgian: წერტილმძიმე ( c̣erṭilmʒime ) , წერტილ-მძიმე ( c̣erṭil-mʒime )
German: Strichpunkt (de) m Semikolon (de) n
Greek: άνω τελεία (el) f ( áno teleía ) , ( in relevance to the Greek language ) ερωτηματικό (el) n ( erotimatikó )
Hebrew: נקודה ופסיק \ נְקֻדָּה וּפְסִיק (he) m ( n'kudá uf'sík )
Hindi: अर्धविराम m ( ardhavirām ) , सेमीकोलन (hi) ( semīkolan )
Hungarian: pontosvessző (hu)
Ido: puntokomo (io)
Interlingua: puncto e virgula
Irish: leathstad m leathstadanna m pl
Italian: punto e virgola (it) m
Japanese: セミコロン ( semikoron ) , ； (ja) ( symbol )
Kazakh: нүктелі үтір ( nüktelı ütır )
Korean: 쌍반점(雙半點) ( ssangbanjeom ) , 세미콜론 ( semikollon )
Kyrgyz: үтүрдүү чекит ( ütürdüü cekit )
Latvian: semikols m
Lithuanian: kabliataškis m
Macedonian: точка-запирка f ( točka-zapirka )
Malayalam: അർദ്ധവിരാമം ( aṟddhavirāmaṁ )
Maori: kopipiko
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цэгтэй таслал ( cegtej taslal )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: semikolon n
Pashto: ؛ ( symbol )
Persian: نقطهویرگول (fa) ( noqte-virgul ) , ؛ ( symbol )
Polish: średnik (pl) m
Portuguese: ponto e vírgula (pt) , ponto-e-vírgula m
Punjabi: ਬਿੰਦੀ ਕਾਮਾ m ( bindī kāmā )
Romanian: punct și virgulă (ro)
Russian: то́чка с запято́й (ru) f ( tóčka s zapjatój )
Scottish Gaelic: leth-chòilean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: точка за зарезом f тачка са зепетом f
Roman: točka sa zarezom f tačka sa zapetom f
Slovak: bodkočiarka f
Slovene: podpičje (sl) n
Spanish: punto y coma (es) m
Swahili: alama ya nuktamkato (sw) , nukta mkato
Swedish: semikolon (sv) c
Tagalog: tuldok-kuwit
Thai: อัฒภาค (th) ( àt-tá-pâak )
Turkish: noktalı virgül (tr)
Ukrainian: кра́пка з ко́мою f ( krápka z kómoju ) , сере́дник m ( serédnyk )
Urdu: ؛ ( symbol )
Uzbek: nuqtali vergul
Vietnamese: dấu chấm phẩy (vi) (𧿫點𢵪
Welsh: hanner colon m hanner colonau m pl
Zulu: unzoqhwishi class 1a /2a
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