Meanings
nounpunctuation mark (plural punctuation marks)
plural punctuation marks
- Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc., and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
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Translations
Arabic عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم
- عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم (ʕalāmat tarqīm)symbol used in writing
Bulgarian препина́телен знак
- препина́телен знак (prepinátelen znak)symbol used in writing
Catalan signe de puntuació
- signe de puntuaciósymbol used in writing
Chinese Cantonese 標點符號 /标点符号, 標點 /标点
- 標點符號 /标点符号symbol used in writing
- 標點 /标点 (biu¹ dim²)symbol used in writing
- 句讀 /句读 (geoi³ dau⁶)symbol used in writing
Chinese Mandarin 標點符號 /标点符号, 標點 /标点
- 標點符號 /标点符号 (biāodiǎn fúhào)symbol used in writing
- 標點 /标点 (biāodiǎn)symbol used in writing
- 句讀 /句读 (jùdòu)symbol used in writing
Czech interpunkční znaménko
- interpunkční znaménkosymbol used in writing
Danish tegnsætningstegn
- tegnsætningstegnsymbol used in writing
Dutch leesteken
- leestekensymbol used in writing
Estonian kirjavahemärk
- kirjavahemärksymbol used in writing
Finnish välimerkki
- välimerkkisymbol used in writing
French signe de ponctuation
- signe de ponctuationsymbol used in writing
German Satzzeichen
- Satzzeichensymbol used in writing
Greek σημείο στίξης, σημείο στίξεως
- σημείο στίξης (simeío stíxis)symbol used in writing
- σημείο στίξεως (simeío stíxeos)symbol used in writing
Hungarian írásjel
- írásjelsymbol used in writing
Italian segno d'interpunzione, segno di interpunzione
- segno d'interpunzionesymbol used in writing
- segno di interpunzionesymbol used in writing
- segno di punteggiaturasymbol used in writing
Japanese 句読点
- 句読点 (kutōten)symbol used in writing
Korean 구두점
- 구두점 (gudujeom)symbol used in writing
Latvian pieturzīme
- pieturzīmesymbol used in writing
Norwegian Bokmål skilletegn
- skilletegnsymbol used in writing
Persian نشانهٔ سجاوندی
- نشانهٔ سجاوندی (nešâne-ye sajâvandi)symbol used in writing
Polish znak interpunkcyjny, znak przestankowy
- znak interpunkcyjnysymbol used in writing
- znak przestankowysymbol used in writing
Portuguese sinal de pontuação
- sinal de pontuaçãosymbol used in writing
Romanian semn de punctuație
- semn de punctuațiesymbol used in writing
Russian знак препина́ния
- знак препина́ния (znak prepinánija)symbol used in writing
Slovak interpunkčné znamienko
- interpunkčné znamienkosymbol used in writing
Spanish signo de puntuación, signo puntuante
- signo de puntuaciónsymbol used in writing
- signo puntuantesymbol used in writing
Swahili alama ya uakifishaji
- alama ya uakifishajisymbol used in writing
Swedish interpunktionstecken, skiljetecken
- interpunktionsteckensymbol used in writing
- skiljeteckensymbol used in writing
Tagalog bantas
- bantassymbol used in writing
Tamil நிறுத்தற்குறி
- நிறுத்தற்குறி (niṟuttaṟkuṟi)symbol used in writing
Thai เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน
- เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน (krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn)symbol used in writing
Turkish noktalama işareti
- noktalama işaretisymbol used in writing
Ukrainian розділо́вий знак
- розділо́вий знак (rozdilóvyj znak)symbol used in writing
Vietnamese dấu chấm câu, dấu chấm
- dấu chấm câusymbol used in writing
- dấu chấmsymbol used in writing
Welsh atalnod, marc atalnodi
- atalnodsymbol used in writing
- marc atalnodisymbol used in writing
Cite this entry
APA
punctuation mark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punctuation%20mark
MLA
“punctuation mark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punctuation%20mark. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “punctuation mark,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punctuation%20mark.
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