Translingual

Punctuation mark

'

1. Any of multiple characters with a similar shape.
   1. ’ (apostrophe)
   2. ‛ (leading apostrophe)
   3. Used as a quotation mark in some languages. See ' '.
   4. (IPA) ˈ (primary stress)
   5. ׳ (Hebrew geresh)
   6. ' (foot length unit symbol)
2. Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an acute or grave accent, when technical limitations prevent the use of one.
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cafe'.
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:caffe'.

Related terms

• (diacritical mark): ", :

Diacritical mark

'

1. Any of multiple characters with a similar shape.
   1. ׳ (Hebrew geresh)
   2. (IPA) ʼ (ejective consonant)

Letter

'

1. ʻ (Hawaiian okina)

Symbol

’

1. Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a written word, often but not always because they are not being pronounced.

   English: don't (do not), o'er (over), fo'c's'le (forecastle), tho' (though); German: Leut' (Leute)

   1. Replaces letter(s) when two or more words are contracted into one word.

      English: I'm (I am), wouldn't've (would not have); French: qu'il (que il), à c't'heure (à cette heure); German: gibt's (gibt es), auf'm (auf dem)

2. Similarly replaces one or more numbers which have been removed.

   '95 (1995)

3. (mathematics) ′ (prime symbol)
4. (time, angles) symbol representing the minute, placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate minutes count

Coordinate terms

• (time): "
• (angles): " , °

See also

Punctuation

• `
• "

English

Particle

’

1. See -'.

Esperanto

Punctuation mark

'

1. (chiefly poetic) Used to indicate omission of the a in la to form l'.
2. (chiefly poetic) Used to indicate omission of the final -o of nominative singular nouns.
   • 1891, L. L. Zamenhof, "La Espero":

     al la mond' eterne militanta ĝi promesas sanktan harmonion.

Polish

Alternative forms

• ’

Punctuation mark

'

1. Put before the declension suffix of a foreign name, if the preceding letter is silent.

   Harry'ego /xaˈrɛ.ɡɔ/ — genitive case of Harry

   Georges'em /ˈʐɔr.ʐɛm/ — instrumental case of Georges

Scots

Symbol

’

1. Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a word.

   eneu' (eneuch, "enough"), lea' (leave, "leave")

2. The apologetic apostrophe: inserted into a Scots word to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word, .

   de'il (deil, "devil")

Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /alef/

Letter

' upper case (lower case ')

1. The first letter of the Somali alphabet, called alef and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• This is the first letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is followed by B. It is rarely used in the initial position.

See also

• (Latin script letters) ', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, Khkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, Shsh, Dhdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu