was wotd|2007|February|13
English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/��p�s.tr�.fi/
italbrac|US IPA|/��p��s.tr�.fi/
audio|en-us-apostrophe.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
From French apostrophe#French|apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Greek α�����ο�ο� �accent of elision�, a noun use of an adjective from α�ο���έ�ειν �turn away�.

Alternative spellings
apostrophë

Noun
en-noun

1. context|orthography The text character �, which is used to mark the possessive (�s) or to show the omission of letters or numbers (tho�, they�ll, �65).

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)

Slovene: opuš�aj m, apostrof m
Spanish: t-|es|apóstrofo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|apostrof

Related terms
greengrocer's apostrophe

punctuation

Etymology 2
Latin apostrophe#Latin|apostrophe, from Greek α�ο���ο�ή, from α�ο���έ�ειν �turn away�, from ��� + ���έ�ειν �turn�.

Noun
en-noun

1. rhetoric A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent

Translations

Swedish: t-|sv|apostrof

Category:Greek derivations

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