Phrase guide

hard sign

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern languages serves to denote a hard (non-palatalized) consonant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Calque of Russian твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: цвёрды знак (cvjórdy znak) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Bulgarian: ер голя́м (er goljám) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Carpathian Rusyn: твердый знак (tverdŷj znak) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ір (ir) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Chuvash: хытӑлӑх палли (hyt̬ălăh palli) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Czech: tvrdý znak — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Dutch: hard teken — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Finnish: kova merkki — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • French: signe dur — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • German: hartes Zeichen — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • German: Hartheitszeichen — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Italian: segno duro — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Macedonian: тврд знак (tvrd znak) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Macedonian: голем ер (golem er) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Mongolian: хатуугийн тэмдэг (xatuugiin temdeg) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Church Slavic: ѥръ (jerŭ) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Polish: twardy znak — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Romanian: semn tare — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Russian: твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Russian: ер (jer) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Slovak: tvrdy znak — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Spanish: signo duro — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Tuvan: кадыг демдек (kadıg demdek) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"
  • Ukrainian: тверди́й знак (tverdýj znak) — Cyrillic letter "Ъ/ъ"