apostrophe
The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a…The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
» "There's an apostrophe missing. It's and its are different." "I know. It was a typing error."
„Da fehlt ein Apostroph. Es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen ‚it’s‘ und ‚its‘.“ – „Das weiß ich ja. Das war nur ein Tippfehler.“
"Не хватает апострофа. It's и its - это разные вещи". - "Я знаю. Это была опечатка".
«Апострофа не хватает. It's и its - не одно и то же». — «Знаю я. Опечатался».
Meaning
3 sensesThe text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
Apostroph, Hochkomma
апо́строфapóstrof, апостро́фapostróf
апо́строфapóstrof, апостро́фapostróf
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
Apostrophe
An arrangement of chlorophyll grains perpendicular to the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to epistrophe (an arrangement on the outer surface).
- the mark (‘'’) used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
- address to an absent or imaginary person
Examples
9 sentences"There's an apostrophe missing. It's and its are different." "I know. It was a typing error."
ru"Не хватает апострофа. It's и its - это разные вещи". - "Я знаю. Это была опечатка".
de„Da fehlt ein Apostroph. Es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen ‚it’s‘ und ‚its‘.“ – „Das weiß ich ja. Das war nur ein Tippfehler.“
You're supposed to use straight apostrophes.
deDu sollst doch gerade Apostrophe verwenden.
I changed the apostrophe to the straight one that we use.
deIch habe den Apostroph durch den geraden ersetzt, den wir verwenden.
Tatoeba: the only place where the use of different apostrophes is controversial.
ruТатоэба: единственное место, где выбор апострофа вызывает споры.
TDK has decided to abolish the use of apostrophe in names of institutions.
Translations
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Origin
From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos,From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
From Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
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