schriftteken

Definitions of schriftteken
  1. noun
    a written or printed symbol
    synonyms: karakter
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    teken
    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
    grafeem, letter, letterteken, schrift
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
    mindere
    a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
    interpunctieteken, leesteken
    a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
    aanhalingsteken
    a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
    dollarteken
    a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars
    minuskel, onderkast, onderkastletter
    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    percentteken, procentteken
    a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100
    obelisk
    a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
    letter, letterteken
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
    spatie
    a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
    rune, runenteken, runeteken
    any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
    beeldgrafiek, beeldstatistiek, pictogram
    a graphic character used in picture writing
    beeldteken, ideogram
    a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it
    interpunctieteken, leesteken
    the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
    type of:
    symbool, teken, zinnebeeld
    an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
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