punteggiatura

Definitions of punteggiatura
  1. noun
    the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases
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    type of:
    raggruppamento
    the activity of putting things together in groups
  2. noun
    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
    synonyms: interpunzione, segno di interpunzione, segno diacritico
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    segnatura
    a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
    accento
    a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
    dieresi
    a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
    virgola
    a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
    filetto, lineetta, trattino
    a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
    parentesi
    either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
    punto, stop
    a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
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