Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The typographical sign ‡ that is used to indicate a footnote or reference
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: double obelisk, diesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol
History
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Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
