Phrase guide

exclamation mark

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃn̩ ˌmɑːk/
  • Canada, US: /ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃn̩ ˌmɑɹk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The punctuation mark “!” (generally used to denote excitement, surprise or shock).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exclamation point

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: punctuation, punctuation mark

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: uitroepteken — punctuation “!”
  • Albanian: pikëçuditje — punctuation “!”
  • Southern Altai: кыйгылу темдек (kïygïlu temdek) — punctuation “!”
  • Arabic: عَلَامَةْ تَعَجُّب (ʕalāmat taʕajjub) — punctuation “!”
  • Arabic: عَلَامَةْ هُتَاف (ʕalāmat hutāf) — punctuation “!”
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܘܕܵܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (šuwdāʿā d-qrāytā) — punctuation “!”
  • Armenian: բացականչական նշան (bacʻakančʻakan nšan) — punctuation “!”
  • Azerbaijani: nida işarəsi — punctuation “!”
  • Bashkir: өндәү билдәһе (öndəw bildəhe) — punctuation “!”
  • Belarusian: клі́чнік (klíčnik) — punctuation “!”
  • Belarusian: клі́чны знак (klíčny znak) — punctuation “!”
  • Bengali: বিস্ময়সূচক চিহ্ন (biśśõẏśucok cihno) — punctuation “!”
  • Bulgarian: удиви́телна (udivítelna) — punctuation “!”
  • Bulgarian: удиви́телен знак (udivítelen znak) — punctuation “!”
  • Burmese: အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်သင်္ကေတ (amedditsangketa.) — punctuation “!”
  • Carpathian Rusyn: выкричник (vŷkryčnyk) — punctuation “!”
  • Carpathian Rusyn: воскличник (vosklyčnyk) — punctuation “!”
  • Catalan: signe d'exclamació — punctuation “!”
  • Catalan: signe d'admiració — punctuation “!”
  • Chichewa: mfuuliro — punctuation “!”
  • Chinese Cantonese: 感歎號 /感叹号 (gam2 taan3 hou6) — punctuation “!”
  • Chinese Mandarin: 感嘆號 /感叹号 (gǎntànhào) — punctuation “!”
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘆號 /叹号 (tànhào) — punctuation “!”
  • Cornish: merk garm — punctuation “!”
  • Crimean Tatar: nida işareti — punctuation “!”
  • Czech: vykřičník — punctuation “!”
  • Danish: udråbstegn — punctuation “!”
  • Dutch: uitroepteken — punctuation “!”
  • Esperanto: krisigno — punctuation “!”
  • Estonian: hüüumärk — punctuation “!”
  • Faroese: rópitekn — punctuation “!”
  • Finnish: huutomerkki — punctuation “!”
  • French: point d'exclamation — punctuation “!”
  • Georgian: ძახილის ნიშანი (ʒaxilis nišani) — punctuation “!”
  • German: Ausrufezeichen — punctuation “!”
  • German: Ausrufungszeichen — punctuation “!”
  • German: Rufzeichen — punctuation “!”
  • Greek: θαυμαστικό (thavmastikó) — punctuation “!”
  • Hebrew: סִימַן קְרִיאָה (simán kri'á) — punctuation “!”
  • Hindi: विस्मयादिबोधक चिन्ह (vismayādibodhak cinha) — punctuation “!”
  • Hindi: विस्मयादिबोधक चिह्न (vismayādibodhak cihna) — punctuation “!”
  • Hungarian: felkiáltójel — punctuation “!”
  • Icelandic: upphrópunarmerki — punctuation “!”
  • Ido: klamopunto — punctuation “!”
  • Indonesian: tanda seru — punctuation “!”
  • Irish: comhartha uaillbhreasa — punctuation “!”
  • Italian: punto esclamativo — punctuation “!”
  • Japanese: 感嘆符 (kantanfu) — punctuation “!”
  • Japanese: ビックリマーク (bikkurimāku) — punctuation “!”
  • Kankanaey: markan di pigsa — punctuation “!”
  • Kazakh: леп белгісі (lep belgısı) — punctuation “!”
  • Khmer: ឧទានសញ្ញា (ʼutiənĕəʼsaññaa) — punctuation “!”
  • Khmer: វិម្ហយសញ្ញា (vɨmhaʼyĕəʼsaññaa) — punctuation “!”
  • Korean: 느낌표 (neukkimpyo) — punctuation “!”
  • Korean: 감탄부 (gamtanbu) — punctuation “!”
  • Kyrgyz: илеп белгиси (ilep belgisi) — punctuation “!”
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍຫມາຍທ້ວງ (khư̄ang māi māi thūang) — punctuation “!”
  • Lao: ຫມາຍອັດສະຈັນ (māi ʼat sa chan) — punctuation “!”
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍຄໍາຖາມ (khư̄ang māi kham thām) — punctuation “!”
  • Latvian: izsaukuma zīme — punctuation “!”
  • Lithuanian: šauktukas — punctuation “!”
  • : ᦺᦙᧉᦉᦐᦳᧅ (may2ṡṅuk) — punctuation “!”
  • Luxembourgish: Ausruffzeechen — punctuation “!”
  • Macedonian: извичник (izvičnik) — punctuation “!”
  • Malay: tanda seru — punctuation “!”
  • Malayalam: വിക്ഷേപിണി (vikṣēpiṇi) — punctuation “!”
  • Malayalam: ആശ്ചര്യചിഹ്നം (āścaryacihnaṁ) — punctuation “!”
  • Maltese: marka ta’ esklamazzjoni — punctuation “!”
  • Māori: tohu karanga — punctuation “!”
  • Māori: tohuhā — punctuation “!”
  • Māori: tohuoho — punctuation “!”
  • Mongolian: анхаарлын тэмдэг (anxaarlyn temdeg) — punctuation “!”
  • Norman: point d'excliamâtion — punctuation “!”
  • Norman: mèrque d'excliamâtion — punctuation “!”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utropstegn — punctuation “!”
  • Pashto: د غم نښه (dë ǧam nix̌a) — punctuation “!”
  • Pashto: اعلانيه نښه (i'lāniya nix̌a) — punctuation “!”
  • Iranian Persian: عَلامَتِ تَعَجُّب (alâmat-e ta'ajjob) — punctuation “!”
  • Iranian Persian: نَمادِ شِگِفْت (namâd-e šegeft) — punctuation “!”
  • Iranian Persian: عَلامَتِ خِطاب (alâmat-e xetâb) — punctuation “!”
  • Polish: wykrzyknik — punctuation “!”
  • Portuguese: ponto de exclamação — punctuation “!”
  • Punjabi: ਵਿਸਮਕ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (vismak cinnh) — punctuation “!”
  • Romanian: semn de exclamare — punctuation “!”
  • Romanian: semn de exclamație — punctuation “!”
  • Russian: восклица́тельный знак (vosklicátelʹnyj znak) — punctuation “!”
  • Scottish Gaelic: clisg-phuing — punctuation “!”
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀скличнӣк — punctuation “!”
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀звичнӣк — punctuation “!”
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùskličnīk — punctuation “!”
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùzvičnīk — punctuation “!”
  • Slovak: výkričník — punctuation “!”
  • Slovene: klicaj — punctuation “!”
  • Spanish: signo de exclamación — punctuation “!”
  • Spanish: signo de admiración — punctuation “!”
  • Spanish: signo exclamativo — punctuation “!”
  • Spanish: signo exclamatorio — punctuation “!”
  • Spanish: signo admirativo — punctuation “!”
  • Swahili: alama ya mshangao — punctuation “!”
  • Swedish: utropstecken — punctuation “!”
  • Tagalog: tandang padamdam — punctuation “!”
  • Tajik: аломати хитоб (alomat-i xitob) — punctuation “!”
  • Tajik: аломати тааҷҷуб (alomat-i taajjub) — punctuation “!”
  • Tamil: வியப்புக்குறி (viyappukkuṟi) — punctuation “!”
  • Tamil: ஆச்சரியக்குறி (āccariyakkuṟi) — punctuation “!”
  • Tatar: өндәү билгесе (öndäw bilgese) — punctuation “!”
  • Thai: อัศเจรีย์ (àt-sà-jee-rii) — punctuation “!”
  • Thai: เครื่องหมายตกใจ (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-dtòk-jai) — punctuation “!”
  • Turkish: ünlem — punctuation “!”
  • Turkish: ünlem işareti — punctuation “!”
  • Turkmen: ünlem belgisi — punctuation “!”
  • Ukrainian: окли́чний знак (oklýčnyj znak) — punctuation “!”
  • Ukrainian: знак о́клику (znak óklyku) — punctuation “!”
  • Urdu: عَلامَتِ فُجائِیَّہ ('alāmat-i fujāiyya) — punctuation “!”
  • Uyghur: ئۈندەش بەلگىسى (ündesh belgisi) — punctuation “!”
  • Uzbek: undov belgisi — punctuation “!”
  • Vietnamese: dấu chấm than — punctuation “!”
  • Welsh: ebychnod — punctuation “!”
  • Welsh: rhyfeddnod — punctuation “!”