апостроф

апостроф (definite accusative апострофу, plural апострофлар)

1. Cyrillic spelling of apostrof

• IPA^(key): [ɐpoˈstrɔf]

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• Rhymes: -ɔf

апостро́ф • (apostróf) m

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

• апострофирам (apostrofiram)

• IPA^(key): [ˈapɔstrɔf]

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апостроф • (apostrof) m

1. apostrophe

Borrowed from French apostrophe, which in turn is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος.

• IPA^(key): [ɐpɐˈstrof]
• (see usage notes): IPA^(key): [ɐˈpostrəf]

  • Audio; “апо́строф” (“apóstrof”):

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апо́строф or апостро́ф • (apóstrof or apostróf) m inan (genitive апо́строфа or апостро́фа, nominative plural апо́строфы or апостро́фы, genitive plural апо́строфов or апостро́фов)

1. (orthography) apostrophe (the character ’)

Most dictionaries prescribe the pronunciation with third-syllable stress (which resembles its French origin), but the pronunciation with second-syllable stress (resembling Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος and possibly by analogy with other words like апостол) is more common.

• → Azerbaijani: apostrof

• IPA^(key): /ǎpostrof/
• Hyphenation: а‧по‧строф

а̀построф m inan (Latin spelling àpostrof)

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

   Synonym: (Croatian, neologism) изо̀ставник

• апо̀строфа

• апо́строф: IPA^(key): [ɐˈpɔstrɔf]
• апостро́ф: IPA^(key): [ɐpɔˈstrɔf]

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апо́строф or апостро́ф • (apóstrof or apostróf) m inan (genitive апо́строфа or апостро́фа, nominative plural апо́строфи or апостро́фи, genitive plural апо́строфів or апостро́фів)

1. apostrophe (the character ’)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “апостроф”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka