guillemet
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌɡi.(j)ə.ˈme(ɪ)/ or IPA: /ˈɡɪl.ə.ˌmɛt/
  • (French) IPA: /ɡij.mɛ/ or IPA: /ɡi.jə.mɛ/ (the /ə/ may be either an epenthetic schwa or a full vowel)
Noun

guillemet (plural guillemets)

  1. Either of the punctuation marks « or », used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as and .
Synonyms Translations
  • French: guillemet
  • German: Guillemet; Möwchen
  • Italian: citazioni d'angolo, virgolette, virgolettato, segno diacritico
  • Portuguese: aspas angulares
  • Russian: ёлочка
  • Spanish: comillas latinas, comillas españolas, comillas angulares, comillas bajas



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