apostrofa

See also: apostrofà, apostrofā, and apostrofą

Catalan

Verb

apostrofa

  1. inflection of apostrofar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈapostrofa]
  • Rhymes: -ofa

Noun

apostrofa f

  1. (rhetoric) apostrophe

Declension

Further reading

Italian

Verb

apostrofa

  1. inflection of apostrofare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latvian

Noun

apostrofa m

  1. genitive singular of apostrofs

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ).

Noun

apostrofà f (plural apostròfos) stress pattern 2

  1. (rhetoric) apostrophe (piece of dialogue addressed to someone absent, or to an inanimate object)

Declension

Declension of apostrofà
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) apostrofà apostròfos
genitive (kilmininkas) apostròfos apostròfų
dative (naudininkas) apostròfai apostròfoms
accusative (galininkas) apostròfą apostrofàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) apostrofà apostròfomis
locative (vietininkas) apostròfoje apostròfose
vocative (šauksmininkas) apostròfa apostròfos

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ). Doublet of apostrof.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pɔsˈtrɔ.fa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔfa
  • Syllabification: a‧pos‧tro‧fa

Noun

apostrofa f

  1. (rhetoric) apostrophe (sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
verb

Further reading

  • apostrofa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • apostrofa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

apostrofa

  1. inflection of apostrofar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French apostropher.

Verb

a apostrofa (third-person singular present apostrofează, past participle apostrofat) 1st conjugation

  1. to apostrophize

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apǒstrofa/
  • Hyphenation: a‧po‧stro‧fa

Noun

apòstrofa f (Cyrillic spelling апо̀строфа)

  1. (rhetoric) apostrophe

Declension

Declension of apostrofa
singular plural
nominative apostrofa apostrofe
genitive apostrofe apostrofa
dative apostrofi apostrofama
accusative apostrofu apostrofe
vocative apostrofo apostrofe
locative apostrofi apostrofama
instrumental apostrofom apostrofama

See also

Spanish

Verb

apostrofa

  1. inflection of apostrofar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative