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ˈgɪl əˌmɛt; Fr. giyəˈmeɪguillemet

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Wiktionary

  1. guillemetnoun

    Either of the punctuation marks or , used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as and .

Wikipedia

  1. Guillemet

    Guillemets (, also UK: , US: , French: [ɡijmɛ]) are a pair of punctuation marks in the form of sideways double chevrons, « and », used as quotation marks in a number of languages. In some of these languages "single" Guillemets, ‹ and ›, are used for a quotation inside another quotation. Guillemets are not conventionally used in the English language.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Guillemetnoun

    a quotation mark

  2. Etymology: [F.]

Wikidata

  1. Guillemet

    Guillemets, also called angle quotes or French quotation marks, are polylines, pointed as if arrows, sometimes forming a complementary set of punctuation marks used as a form of quotation mark. The symbol at either end—double « and » or single ‹ and ›—is a guillemet. They are used in a number of languages to indicate speech. They resemble the symbols for lesser than, greater than, and for left and right bit shifts in some programming languages, as well as rewind and fast forward on various media players, such as VCRs, DVD players, and MP3 players.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of guillemet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of guillemet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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