Complete Definition of "quotation"

English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-quotation.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
quotation (quotations)

  1. a fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often an quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.

Synonyms
quote

Translations
trans-top|fragment of a human expression
Arabic: ARchar|ا�تباس IPAchar|(iqtib�s) m
Bosnian: citat m
Bulgarian: �и�а� m
Chinese: ��, �语 (y�ny�)
Czech: citát m
Dutch: citaat n
Finnish: sitaatti n
French: citation f
German: Zitat n
Hebrew: צ���|צִ�ּ�ּ� (tsitut) f, �����|��ּ�ָ�ָ� (muvah) f, צ����|צִ��ָ�ָ� (tsitata) f
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Italian: citazione f
Japanese: �� (����, iny�)
Korean: �� (inyong)
Norwegian: sitat n
Polish: cytat m
Portuguese: citação f
Romanian: citat n
Russian: �и�а�а (tsitáta) f
Spanish: cita f
Swedish: citat n
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trans-top|naming the price of a financial security
Czech: kótace f
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See also
attestation
citation
quote
w:Quotation|Wikipedia article on quotations

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