Translingual

Punctuation mark

;

1. Indicates a pause longer than the comma and shorter than a period/full stop.
2. Separates items in a list where the list items themselves include commas.

   Guests at the summit included David Cameron, the British Prime Minister; Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor; and François Hollande, the French President.‎

3. Represents two eyes vertically aligned, the lower one winking, in order to form emoticons.
4. (programming) Marks the end of a statement in some programming languages.

   <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>‎

Usage notes

• Called semicolon in English.
• In Greek this symbol is a question mark, and the role of semicolon is fulfilled by · (U+0387), the άνω τελεία ‎(áno teleía, “upper stop”).

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this word see the citations page.

Derived terms

• ﹔ (small form variant)

See also

• Semicolon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

Greek

Punctuation mark

; or ;

1. ? (the Greek question mark)

   Με συγχωρείτε· πού είναι οι τουαλέτες;‎

   Me synchoreíte; poú eínai oi toualétes?

   Excuse me; where are the toilets?

Usage notes

• While there is a specific character for solely the Greek question mark (; – U+037E), the regular semicolon (U+003B) is preferred.
• In Greek a semicolon is represented by · (U+0387), named the άνω τελεία ‎(áno teleía, “upper stop”).