interpunctieteken

Definitions of interpunctieteken
  1. noun
    a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
    synonyms: leesteken
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    accent, accentteken
    a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
    accent circonflexe, circumflex, dakje, samentrekkingsteken
    a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
    deelteken, diaeresis, diëresis, trema, umlaut, umlautsteken
    a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
    accent, accentteken
    a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
    accent aigu
    a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    accent grave, grafkuil, groeve
    a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    type of:
    teken
    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
  2. noun
    the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
    synonyms: leesteken
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    ampersand, et-teken
    a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
    afkappingsteken, afkortingsteken, apostrof, komma, verkortingsteken, weglatingsteken
    the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
    accolade
    either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
    bijbelhaak, teksthaak
    either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
    bijbelhaak, teksthaak
    either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
    komma
    a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
    uitroepteken
    a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation
    aandachtsstreep, aandachtstreep, afbrekingsteken, divisie, gedachtenstreep, gedachtenstreepje, koppelteken, trait d'union, trait-d'union, verbindingsteken
    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
    parenthese
    either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
    frase, maandbloeding, maandstonden, menses, menstruatie, ongesteldheid, punt, volzin
    a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
    vraagteken
    a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
    aanhaling, aanhalingsteken, allegatie, citaat, quotatie, quote
    a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
    kommapunt, puntkomma
    a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
    diagonaal, hoeklijn, slash, split
    a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
    type of:
    teken
    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
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