Punctuation marks
English

Pronunciation
IPA: /�p��k.ʧu.�ei.�n̩ maɹks/

Noun
quotation mark

1. A symbol used to denote a quotation in writing, written at the beginning and end of the quotation. The symbols vary across languages, and slightly different marks are used for the beginning and end. Those used in English are � ... �, or " ... ", and � ... �, or ' ... '.

#*Example: �this is a quotation.� Here is �another quotation.�

Synonyms
:(of the plural) quotes, speech marks

Translations
trans-top|Note: The following languages use ���-style quotation marks, unless otherwise indicated.
Afrikaans: aanhalingstekens [���]
Belarusian: дв�ко���, лапк� [«�»], [���]
Bulgarian: кави�ка (kavi�ka) f, кави�ки (kavi�ki) p [«�»] or [���]
Catalan: cometa f [«�»] or [���]
Chinese:
:Simplified: �� (y�nhào) [���]
:Traditional: �� (y�nhào) [���] or [���]
Czech: uvozovka f [���]
Danish: anførelsestegn n [»�«]
Dutch: aanhalingsteken n [���]
Estonian: jutumärgid [���] or [«�»]
Finnish: lainausmerkki [���] or [»�»] (mainly in literature)
French: guillemet m [«���»]
Frisian: oanhelteken n [���]
German: Anführungszeichen n [���] or [»�«]
Georgian: ��������� (br��q�alebi) [���]
Greek: t|el|ει�αγ�γικά|n|p|sc=Grek (eisagogiká) [«�»] or [���]
Hebrew: �ר���ת|�ֵרְ�ָ��ֹת (merkha'ot) f|p [���] or [���]
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Hungarian: idéz�jel [���]
Icelandic: gæsalappir [���]
Ido: citohoketo
Italian: virgolette f|p [«�»]
Japanese: ��符 (in�y�fu) [���] or [���]
Korean: ��� (ttaompyo) [���] or [���]
Latvian: p�di�as [«�»] or [���]
Lithuanian: kabut�s [���] or [«�»]
Norwegian: anførselstegn, gåseauge [«�»] or [���]
Polish: cudzys�ów m [���]
Portuguese: aspa f [«�»] or [���] (Portugal), ["�"] or [���] (Brazil)
Romanian: ghilimele f|p [���] or [«�»]
Russian: кав��ки (kavý�ki) f|p [«�»] or [���]
Slovene: narekovaj m [���]
Spanish: comilla f [«�»] (Spain), [���] (Latin America)
Swedish: anföringstecken, citationstecken p [���] or [»�»]
Turkish: tırnak i�areti [«�»] or [���]
Ukrainian: лапки (lapkí) f|p [«�»] or [���]
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