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semicolon

/ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/US/ˈsɛmikoʊlən/

semicolon noun: the punctuation mark ;.

semicolon: the punctuation mark ;
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Noun

semicolon (plural semicolons or semicola)

  1. The punctuation mark ;.
    • The use of the semicolon has remained contentious and subject to fashion.2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 28

semicolon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

semicolon in Hindi

punctuation mark ';'
अर्धविराम ardhavirām, सेमीकोलन semīkolan

semicolon in Tamil

punctuation mark ';'
அரைப்புள்ளி araippuḷḷi

semicolon in Urdu

punctuation mark ';'
؛

semicolon in Bengali

সেমিকোলন
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semicolon in Malayalam
അർദ്ധവിരാമം aṟddhavirāmaṁ
semicolon in Kannada
ಅರೆಕೊನೆಗುರುತು, ಅರ್ಧವಿರಾಮ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ
semicolon in Punjabi
ਬਿੰਦੀ ਕਾਮਾ bindī kāmā
semicolon in Pashto
؛
semicolon in Tagalog
tuldok-kuwit
semicolon in Arabic
فَاصِلَة مَنْقُوطَة fāṣila manqūṭa, ؛
semicolon in Persian
نقطهویرگول noqte-virgul, ؛
semicolon in Thai
อัฒภาค àt-tá-pâak
semicolon in Vietnamese
dấu chấm phẩy

Forms of semicolon

pluralsemicolons
pluralsemicola
alternative formsemi-colon

Origin of semicolon

From semi- + colon.

Words formed from semicolon

Phrases with semicolon

Words that rhyme with semicolon

Questions about semicolon

What does semicolon mean?
Semicolon means the punctuation mark ;.
What is semicolon in Hindi?
Semicolon in Hindi is अर्धविराम (ardhavirām), सेमीकोलन (semīkolan). See Semicolon meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is semicolon?
Semicolon is a noun.
How do you pronounce semicolon?
Semicolon is pronounced /ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/ (UK).
What is the plural of semicolon?
The plural of semicolon is semicolons.

Words near semicolon in the dictionary

  1. semicollared hawk
  2. semicollared hawks
  3. semicollegial
  4. semicollegiate
  5. semicolloquial
  6. semicolon
  7. semicolon butterflies
  8. semicolon butterfly
  9. semicoloned
  10. semicolonial
  11. semicolonialism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: semicolon (page history and authors); semicolon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); semicolon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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