Definitions for question mark
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ques′tion mark`(n.)
Ref: Also called interrogation point.
something unanswered or unknown.
Origin of question mark:
1865–70
Princeton's WordNet
question mark, interrogation point(noun)
a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
question mark(noun)ˈkwɛs tʃə nə bəl
the written mark (?), indicating that what comes before it is a question
Wiktionary
question mark(Noun)
The punctuation mark u201C?u201D, used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.
question mark(Noun)
doubt or uncertainty
Translations for question mark
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
question mark(noun)
used in writing to indicate a question.
- vraagtekenAfrikaans
- عَلامَة سُؤالArabic
- въпросителен знакBulgarian
- ponto de interrogaçãoPortuguese (BR)
- otazníkCzech
- das FragezeichenGerman
- spørgsmålstegnDanish
- ερωτηματικόGreek
- signo de interrogación; interroganteSpanish
- küsimärkEstonian
- علامت سئوالFarsi
- kysymysmerkkiFinnish
- point d'interrogationFrench
- סִימָן שְׁאֵלָהHebrew
- प्रश्नचिह्नHindi
- upitnikCroatian
- kérdőjelHungarian
- tanda tanya (?)Indonesian
- spurningarmerkiIcelandic
- punto interrogativoItalian
- 疑問符Japanese
- 물음표Korean
- klaustukasLithuanian
- jautājuma zīmeLatvian
- tanda soalMalay
- vraagtekenDutch
- spørsmålstegnNorwegian
- pytajnikPolish
- علامت سئوالPersian
- د پوښتنی نښه؟Pashto
- ponto de interrogaçaoPortuguese
- semnulîntrebăriiRomanian
- вопросительный знакRussian
- otáznikSlovak
- vprašajSlovenian
- znak pitanjaSerbian
- frågeteckenSwedish
- เครื่องหมายคำถามThai
- soru işaretiTurkish
- 問號Chinese (Trad.)
- знак питанняUkrainian
- سوالیہ نشانUrdu
- dấu hỏi chấmVietnamese
- 问号Chinese (Simp.)
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