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Line 1: ==English== {{was wotd\|2009\|September\|26}} ~~{{wikipedia\|Guillemets}}~~ ===Etymology=== From {{~~etyl~~bor\|en\|fr\|enguillemet}}, {{mglossary\|~~fr\|guillemet~~diminutive}}~~, [[diminutive]]~~ form of the name {{m\|fr\|Guillaume\|\|William}}, {{named-after ~~the~~ \|en\|nat=French [[\|occ=typecutter]] \|Guillaume Le Bé ~~(1525–1598)~~\|born=1525\|died=1598\|nocap=1\|wplink==}} who supposedly invented the marks.<ref name="Microsoft-etym">[http://www.microsoft.com/typography/developers/fdsspec/punc.htm Microsoft] Character design standards, Latin 1: Punctuation Design Standards (§ ''Pointing quotation marks – Guillemets'')</ref> ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA\|en\|/ˌɡiˈmeɪ/\|/ˌɡi.(j)~~ə.ˈme(ɪ)~~əˈmeɪ/~~\|lang=en}} or {{IPA~~\|/ˈɡɪl.~~ə.ˌmɛt~~əˌmɛt/~~\|lang=en~~}}<ref>~~[http~~{{R:~~//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guillemet~~ Merriam-Webster]}}</ref><ref>~~[http~~{{R:~~//dictionary.reference.com/browse/guillemet~~ Dictionary.com]}}</ref> ** {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guillemet.wav\|a=Southern England}} * {{a\|{{etyl\|fr\|en}}}} {{IPA\|/ɡij.mɛ/\|lang=en}}<ref name="Trésor-pron">[http://www.cnrtl.fr/lexicographie/guillemet Trésor de la Langue Française] (© 2007, Centre National de Ressources Textuelles at Lexicales), § ''Prononc. et Orth.''</ref> or {{IPA\|/ɡi.jə.mɛ/\|lang=en}} (the /ə/ may be either an epenthetic schwa or a full vowel) ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Either of the punctuation marks <big>[[«]]</big> or <big>[[»]]</big>, used in several [[language]]s to indicate [[passage]]s of [[speech]]. Similar to typical [[quotation mark]]s used in the English language, such as <big>[[“]]</big> and <big>[[”]]</big>. #* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2021\|author=Claire Cock-Starkey\|title=Hyphens & Hashtags\|publisher=Bodleian Library\|page=49\|passage='''Guillemets''', however, proved popular and remain the key method of indicating quotations in French, Arabic, Italian, Greek and many other languages.}} ====Synonyms==== * {{l\|en\|angle quote}} * {{l\|en\|chevron}} ~~(Typography)~~{{gl\|typography}} * {{l\|en\|duckfoot quote}} * {{l\|en\|double angle quotation mark}} (Unicode name) Line 25: * Armenian: {{t+\|hy\|չակերտ}} * Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t+\|cmn\|書名號~~\|sc=Hani}}, {{t+\|cmn\|书名号~~\|tr=shūmínghào~~\|sc=Hani~~}}, symbols: {{l\|cmn\|《\|sc=Hani}} and {{l\|cmn\|》\|sc=Hani}}, {{l\|cmn\|〈\|sc=Hani}} and {{l\|cmn\|〉\|sc=Hani}} Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|kulmalainausmerkki}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|guillemet\|m}} * German: {{t+\|de\|Guillemet\|m\|n}}; {{t\|de\|Möwchen\|n}} * Greek: {{t+\|el\|εισαγωγικά\|n-p}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|lúdláb}}, {{t\|hu\|lúdlábidézőjel}}, {{t\|hu\|csúcsos idézőjel}}, {{t\|hu\|kúpos idézőjel}} * Irish: {{t\|ga\|Liamóg}} * Italian: {{t\|it\|[[citazioni]] d'[[angolo]]\|m-p}}, {{t\|it\|virgolette\|f-p}}, {{t+\|it\|virgolettato\|m}}, {{t\|it\|[[segno]] [[diacritico]]\|m}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Japanese: {{t\|ja\|ギュメ\|tr=gyume\|sc=Jpan}}, symbols: {{l\|ja\|《\|sc=Jpan}} and {{l\|ja\|》\|sc=Jpan}}, {{l\|ja\|〈\|sc=Jpan}} and {{l\|ja\|〉\|sc=Jpan}} * Norwegian: : Bokmål: {{t\|nb\|sjevron\|m}} : Nynorsk: {{t\|nn\|sjevron\|m}} * ~~Persian~~Ottoman Turkish: {{t+\|faota\|~~گیومه~~طرناق\|tr=~~giyume\|sc=fa-Arab~~tırnaq}} * Persian: {{t+\|fa\|گیومه\|tr=giyume}} * Polish: {{t\|pl\|cudzysłów ostrokątny\|m}} * Portuguese: {{t\|pt\|aspas angulares\|f-p}} * Romanian: {{t+\|ro\|ghilimele\|f-p}}, {{t\|ro\|semnul citării\|n}} * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|~~кавы́чка~~ёлочка\|f}} * Spanish: {{t\|es\|comillas latinas\|f-p}}, {{t\|es\|comillas españolas\|f-p}}, {{t\|es\|comillas angulares\|f-p}}, {{t\|es\|comillas bajas\|f-p}} {{trans-bottom}} ====References==== <references/> ===Further reading=== ~~[[Category:en:Dictation]]~~ * {{pedia}} {{c\|en\|Dictation\|Punctuation marks}} ~~----~~ ==French== ===Etymology=== Diminutive form of the name {{m\|fr\|Guillaume\|\|William}}, {{named-after ~~the~~ \|fr\|nat=French [[\|occ=typecutter~~]] {{w~~\|Guillaume Le Bé\|born=1525\|died=1598\|nocap=1\|wplink==}}, 1677. ===Pronunciation=== * {{~~IPA\|/ɡij.mɛ/\|lang=~~fr-IPA}} * {{audio\|fr\|Fr-guillemet.ogg~~\|Audio\|lang=fr~~}} * {{rhymes\|~~ɛ\|lang=~~fr\|ɛ}} * {{homophones\|~~guillemets\|lang=~~fr\|guillemets}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun\|m}} # ~~{{l\|en\|~~[[quotation mark}}]] # {{l\|en\|guillemet}} ====Usage notes==== In French typography, a space is put after the opening guillemet and before the closing one. This rule is followed in France and most of the time in Canadian usage but not ~~necessary~~necessarily elsewhere and not ~~necessary~~necessarily on the internet, even on French websites; in Switzerland, no space is required in punctuation. ===~~External~~=Derived ~~links~~terms==== * {{~~R:TLFi~~l\|fr\|entre guillemets}} ===Further reading=== ~~[[de:guillemet]]~~ * {{R:fr:TLFi}} ~~[[el:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[eo:guillemet]]~~ {{C\|fr\|Punctuation marks}} ~~[[fr:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[ko:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[io:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[hu:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[mg:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[ru:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[sk:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[fi:guillemet]]~~ ~~[[vi:guillemet]]~~