apostrophe

a·pos·tro·phe ¹  (-pstr-f)

n.

The superscript sign ( ' ) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.

---

[French, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos, from apostrephein, to turn away : apo-, apo- + strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.]

---

apos·trophic (p-strfk) adj.

---

a·pos·tro·phe ²  (-pstr-f)

n.

The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.

---

[Late Latin apostroph, from Greek, from apostrephein, to turn away; see apostrophe¹.]

---

apos·trophic (p-strfk) adj.

---

apostrophe ¹ [ap-poss-trof-fee]

Noun

the punctuation mark (') used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters, such as he's for he has or he is, and to form the possessive, as in John's father [Greek apostrephein to turn away]

---

apostrophe ²

Noun

Rhetoric a digression from a speech to address an imaginary or absent person or thing [Greek: a turning away]

---

apostrophe

a variety of personification in which the dead, absent, or inanimate are addressed as if present. — apostrophic, adj.

See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	apostrophe - address to an absent or imaginary person rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
	2.	apostrophe - the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

Translations

apostrophe [əˈpɔstrəfɪ] n → apóstrofo m

---

apostrophe [əˈpɔstrəfɪ] n → apostrophe f

---

apostrophe [əˈpɔstrəfɪ] n → Apostroph m, Auslassungszeichen nt

---

apostrophe [əˈpɔstrəfɪ] n (sign) → apostrofo

---

apostrophe

n apostrophe [əˈpostrəfi]

a mark (') which is used to show that a letter or letters has/have been omitted from a word, and which is also used in possessive phrases and in the plurals of letters the boy's coat; the boys' coats; There are two n's in `cannot' but only one in `can't'. apostroof عَلامَة المُلْكِيَّة، إشارَة إلى حَذْف حَرْف апостроф apostrof apostrof der Apostroph απόστροφος (γραμμ.) apóstrofo ülakoma آپوستروف heittomerkki apostrophe גֶרֶש वर्णलोप का चिह्न apostrof aposztróf tanda petik úrfellingarmerki apostrofo アポストロフィ 어포스트로피 apostrofa apostrofs terbalik apostrof apostrof apostrof apóstrofe apostrof апостроф apostrof apostrof apostrof apostrof[] เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน ( ' ) kesme işareti, tepeden virgül 撇號 апостроф حذفی علامت ، حذفیہ dấu móc lửng (') 撇号