punctuation

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• /ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark with points, settle”). Morphologically, punctuate + -ion.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: punktuasie — set of symbols
• Albanian: pikësim — set of symbols
• Arabic: عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم (ʕalāmat tarqīm) — set of symbols
• Arabic: تَرْقِيم (tarqīm) — set of symbols
• Arabic: علامة ترقيم (ʔalamet tarqim) — set of symbols
• Arabic: ترقيم (tarqim) — set of symbols
• Armenian: կետադրություն (ketadrutʻyun) — set of symbols
• Asturian: puntuación — set of symbols
• Azerbaijani: punktuasiya — set of symbols
• Azerbaijani: durğu işarələri — set of symbols
• Basque: puntuazio — set of symbols
• Belarusian: пунктуа́цыя (punktuácyja) — set of symbols
• Bulgarian: пунктуа́ция (punktuácija) — set of symbols
• Burmese: အဖြတ်အတောက် (a.hprat-a.tauk) — set of symbols
• Catalan: puntuació — set of symbols
• Chinese Mandarin: 標點 /标点 (biāodiǎn) — set of symbols
• Chinese Mandarin: 句讀 /句读 (jùdòu) — set of symbols
• Czech: interpunkce — set of symbols
• Danish: tegnsætning — set of symbols
• Dutch: interpunctie — set of symbols
• Esperanto: interpunkcio — set of symbols
• Estonian: kirjavahemärgid — set of symbols
• Estonian: vahemärgid — set of symbols
• Finnish: välimerkit — set of symbols
• French: ponctuation — set of symbols
• Galician: puntuación — set of symbols
• Georgian: პუნქტუაცია (ṗunkṭuacia) — set of symbols
• German: Satzzeichen — set of symbols
• German: Interpunktion — set of symbols
• German: Zeichensetzung — set of symbols
• Greek: στίξη (stíxi) — set of symbols
• Ancient Greek: στίξις (stíxis) — set of symbols
• Gujarati: વિરામચિહ્નો (virāmcihno) — set of symbols
• Hindi: विराम चिह्न (virām cihna) — set of symbols
• Hungarian: központozás — set of symbols
• Icelandic: greinarmerki — set of symbols
• Ido: puntizado — set of symbols
• Indonesian: tanda baca — set of symbols
• Irish: poncaíocht — set of symbols
• Italian: punteggiatura — set of symbols
• Italian: interpunzione — set of symbols
• Japanese: 句読点 (kutōten) — set of symbols
• Japanese: 約物 (yakumono) — set of symbols
• Kazakh: пунктуация (punktuasiä) — set of symbols
• Khmer: វណ្ណយុត្ត (vŏənnaʼyut) — set of symbols
• Korean: 문장 부호 (munjang buho) — set of symbols
• Korean: 구두점 (gudujeom) — set of symbols
• Kyrgyz: пунктуация (punktuatsiya) — set of symbols
• Lao: ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍວັກ (khư̄ang māi wak) — set of symbols
• Latvian: interpunkcija — set of symbols
• Lithuanian: skyryba — set of symbols
• Macedonian: интерпункција (interpunkcija) — set of symbols
• Malay: tanda baca — set of symbols
• Maltese: punteġġjatura — set of symbols
• Māori: tohutuhi — set of symbols
• Marathi: विरामचिन्हे (virāmcinhe) — set of symbols
• Norwegian Bokmål: tegnsetting — set of symbols
• Iranian Persian: نِشانِهگُذاری (nešâne-gozâri) — set of symbols
• Iranian Persian: نِشانِههایِ سَجاوَنْدی (nešâne-hâ-ye sajâvandi) — set of symbols
• Iranian Persian: عَلائِمِ نِگارِشی (alâ'em-e negâreši) — set of symbols
• Iranian Persian: نِشانِههایِ نِگارِشی (nešâne-hâ-ye negâreši) — set of symbols
• Polish: interpunkcja — set of symbols
• Polish: przestankowanie — set of symbols
• Portuguese: pontuação — set of symbols
• Romanian: punctuație — set of symbols
• Russian: пунктуа́ция (punktuácija) — set of symbols
• Russian: зна́ки препина́ния (znáki prepinánija) — set of symbols
• Russian: препина́ние (prepinánije) — set of symbols
• Scottish Gaelic: pungadh — set of symbols
• Serbo-Croatian: интерпункција — set of symbols
• Serbo-Croatian: пунктуација — set of symbols
• Serbo-Croatian: разгодак — set of symbols
• Serbo-Croatian: interpunkcija — set of symbols
• Serbo-Croatian: punktuacija — set of symbols
• Serbo-Croatian: razgodak — set of symbols
• Slovak: interpunkcia — set of symbols
• Slovene: ločílo — set of symbols
• Slovene: interpunkcija — set of symbols
• Spanish: puntuación — set of symbols
• Swedish: skiljetecken — set of symbols
• Tagalog: palabantasan — set of symbols
• Tajik: гузоштани аломатҳои китобатӣ (guzoštan-i alomatho-yi kitobati) — set of symbols
• Tajik: пунктуатсия (punktuatsiya) — set of symbols
• Tamil: நிறுத்தக்குறிகள் (niṟuttakkuṟikaḷ) — set of symbols
• Telugu: విరామ చిహ్నములు (virāma cihnamulu) — set of symbols
• Thai: เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn) — set of symbols
• Thai: วรรคตอน — set of symbols
• Turkish: noktalama — set of symbols
• Ukrainian: пунктуа́ція (punktuácija) — set of symbols
• Urdu: رُمُوزِ اَوقاف (rumūz-i auqāf) — set of symbols
• Uzbek: punktuatsiya — set of symbols
• Vietnamese: chấm câu — set of symbols
• Welsh: atalnodi — set of symbols
• Finnish: välimerkitys — act
• Finnish: välimerkittäminen — act
• German: Zeichensetzung — act
• Hungarian: központozás — act
• Japanese: 句読法 (kutōhō) — act
• Korean: 구두법 (gudubeop) — act
• Tagalog: pagbabantas — act