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Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bracket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: punctuation, punctuation mark
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
corchete
— symbol [ or ]
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Belarusian:
квадра́тная ду́жка
(kvadrátnaja dúžka)
— symbol [ or ]
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Bulgarian:
сре́дна ско́ба
(srédna skóba)
— symbol [ or ]
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Bulgarian:
квадратна скоба
(kvadratna skoba)
— symbol [ or ]
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Bulgarian:
структурна скоба
(strukturna skoba)
— symbol [ or ]
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Catalan:
claudàtor
— symbol [ or ]
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Catalan:
parèntesi quadrat
— symbol [ or ]
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Chinese Mandarin:
方括號 /方括号
(fāngkuòhào)
— symbol [ or ]
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Chinese Mandarin:
中括號 /中括号
(zhōngkuòhào)
— symbol [ or ]
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Czech:
hranatá závorka
— symbol [ or ]
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Czech:
závorka
— symbol [ or ]
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Danish:
skarp parentes
— symbol [ or ]
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Dutch:
vierkant haakje
— symbol [ or ]
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Dutch:
vierkante haak
— symbol [ or ]
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Dutch:
blokhaakje
— symbol [ or ]
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Dutch:
blokhaak
— symbol [ or ]
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Esperanto:
rekta krampo
— symbol [ or ]
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Faroese:
hornklombur
— symbol [ or ]
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Finnish:
hakasulje
— symbol [ or ]
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Finnish:
hakasulku
— symbol [ or ]
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French:
crochet
— symbol [ or ]
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Galician:
corchete
— symbol [ or ]
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Georgian:
კვადრატული ფრჩხილები
(ḳvadraṭuli prčxilebi)
— symbol [ or ]
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German:
eckige Klammer
— symbol [ or ]
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Greek:
αγκύλη
(agkýli)
— symbol [ or ]
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Hungarian:
szögletes zárójel
— symbol [ or ]
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Irish:
lúibín cearnach
— symbol [ or ]
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Italian:
parentesi quadra
— symbol [ or ]
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Japanese:
角括弧
(kakukakko)
— symbol [ or ]
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Macedonian:
средна заграда
(sredna zagrada)
— symbol [ or ]
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Malay:
tanda kurung siku
— symbol [ or ]
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Malayalam:
കോഷ്ഠം
(kōṣṭhaṁ)
— symbol [ or ]
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Manx:
lhoobeen
— symbol [ or ]
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Māori:
taiepa tūtika
— symbol [ or ]
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Marathi:
चौकटी कंस
(caukṭī kausa)
— symbol [ or ]
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Marathi:
चौकोनी कंस
(caukonī kausa)
— symbol [ or ]
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Norman:
crotchet cârré
— symbol [ or ]
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hakeparentes
— symbol [ or ]
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Polish:
nawias kwadratowy
— symbol [ or ]
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Portuguese:
colchete
— symbol [ or ]
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Portuguese:
parêntese reto
— symbol [ or ]
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Romanian:
paranteză pătrată
— symbol [ or ]
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Romanian:
paranteză dreaptă
— symbol [ or ]
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Russian:
квадра́тная ско́бка
(kvadrátnaja skóbka)
— symbol [ or ]
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Scottish Gaelic:
camag cheàrnach
— symbol [ or ]
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Serbo-Croatian:
uglata zagrada
— symbol [ or ]
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Slovak:
zátvorka
— symbol [ or ]
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Slovak:
hranatá zátvorka
— symbol [ or ]
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Slovene:
oglati oklepaj
— symbol [ or ]
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Spanish:
corchete
— symbol [ or ]
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Swedish:
hakparentes
— symbol [ or ]
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Tagalog:
panalikop
— symbol [ or ]
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Turkish:
köşeli ayraç
— symbol [ or ]
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Turkish:
köşeli parantez
— symbol [ or ]
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Ukrainian:
квадра́тна ду́жка
(kvadrátna dúžka)
— symbol [ or ]
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Vietnamese:
dấu ngoặc vuông
— symbol [ or ]
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Welsh:
bach petryal
— symbol [ or ]