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guillemet

punctuation mark (also called chevron in typography) used for distinguishing quotations in some languages
Class type of: quotation mark Q1553984

Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
quotation mark[1]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10]
Different from
guillemot, Wikidata item, greater-than sign, less-than sign[11][12][13][14]
Unicode character
«, », ‹, ›, 〈, 〉, 《, 》[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
🏷️ Also known as
en › en title marks en literary title marks en guillemets en guillemet en French quotes en French quotation marks en French quotation mark en chevrons en chevron en book title marks en angle quotes en angle quotation marks en angle quotation mark en « en » en ‹ ar شَارَتَان de Spitzzeichen de Guillemet
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/15379
Cambridge Dictionary entry (British English)
guillemet
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/guillemet
Freebase ID
/m/06ttrl
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776425324

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🔗 Connections
Different from 3
greater-than sign, less-than sign, guillemot
Subclass of 1
quotation mark
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