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ꞌ ˈ ‘ ’ ʻ ʼ ʹ -' ' ' auto ＇ Translingual Punctuation mark An ASCII substitute for any of multiple characters with a similar shape: mul ’ apostrophe mul ‛ leading apostrophe A quotation mark, in some languages: see mul ' '. mul IPA mul ˈ primary stress mul ׳ Hebrew geresh mul ꞌ saltillo Related terms diacritical mark mul ", mul : Diacritical mark mul diacritical mark An ASCII substitute for any of multiple characters with a similar shape. mul ׳ Hebrew geresh mul IPA mul ʼ ejective consonant Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an en acute accent acute or en grave accent, when technical limitations prevent the use of one. mul cafe' mul caffe' Letter mul letter An ASCII substitute for a letter representing a glottal stop, or glottalization: mul ' or mul ʼ compare mul ˀ, mul ˁ, mul ʿ, and mul ʾ mul ꞌ the saltillo, used in some languages of Mexico and Guatemala to represent either a glottal stop or a fricative sound. mul ʻ the Hawaiian okina. See also Symbol mul symbol ’ Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a written word, often but not always because they are not being pronounced. English: en don't, en y' , en sha'n't, en o'er (en over), en fo'c's'le (en forecastle), en tho' (en though), en cont'd (en continued); en 'rari (en Ferrari); German: de Leut' (de Leute) Replaces letter(s) when two or more words are contracted into one word. English: en y'all, en I'm (en I am), en wouldn't've (en would not have); French: fr qu'il (fr que il), fr à c't'heure (fr à cette heure); German: de gibt's (de gibt es), de auf'm (de auf dem) Similarly replaces one or more numbers which have been removed. '95 (1995) An ASCII substitute for the foot length unit symbol. mul mathematics An ASCII substitute for mul ′ prime symbol. mul time angles An ASCII substitute for the symbol representing the minute, placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate minutes count. mul grammar mul ¯ mul music A pointing mark in Anglican chant, which marks a place in the text where a barline occurs in the chant. mul mul : * ⋅ — ‖ † Coordinate terms time mul " angles mul ", ° See also mul ` mul " English Symbol sym See en ’ Particle en particle See en -'. Chinese Punctuation mark zh punctuation mark used to mark an initial a, e, or o in a multisyllabic Pinyin word, to prevent confusion (隔音符號) zh 普洱 pǔ'ěr pu'er tea (named for a city in Yunnan, China) Esperanto Punctuation mark eo punctuation mark eo chiefly poetic Used to indicate omission of the eo a in eo la to form eo l'. eo chiefly poetic Used to indicate omission of the final eo -o of nominative singular nouns. eo w:La Espero Ne al glavo sangon soifanta / ĝi la homan tiras familion: / al la mond' eterne militanta / ĝi promesas sanktan harmonion. 1891 L. L. Zamenhof The Hope L. L. Zamenhof L. L. Zamenhof Not to a bloodthirsty sword / does it draw the human family: / to the eternally fighting world / it promises sacred harmony. Usage notes Never pronounced. When the final -o is replaced by an apostrophe, the word is stressed in the syllable that was the penultimate before the omission, thus the new final syllable. Almost exclusively used in poetry and proverbs. In ordinary language it is barely used, and many Esperantists might even not understand it. The apostrophe itself is sometime omitted by some poets, but this is considered non-standard and may create confusion. Further reading apostrofo apostrofo Finnish Punctuation mark fi punctuation mark Indicates a syllable break in words, mostly as a result of consonant gradation. fi liu'uttaa to slide Used to separate the inflectional ending from unadapted borrowings, chiefly when the borrowing ends in a silent consonant. fi parfait'n genitive of fi parfait French parfait - Used to signify omission or dropping of sounds. Representing apocope found in poetic text. fi sua palvon ain' I worship you forever fi dated Representing sounds elided as part of contractions. fi [[yht'äkkiä]] < fi yhtä + fi äkkiä suddenly In some linguistic and grammatical sources, equivalent to ˣ. fi jonne'kin /ˈjonːeˣkin/ to somewhere Usage notes More properly encoded as U+2019, but U+0027 is ubiquitous in computing for technical reasons and also used in page titles on Wiktionary for normalization purposes. Called fi heittomerkki. When used to represent a syllable break (1), the apostrophe is omitted if the word is hyphenated at the syllable break (fi liu’uttaa → fi liu-uttaa). However, it is included in the other two cases. Gujarati Punctuation mark gu punctuation mark used to indicate breathy voice gu રહેવા દો → રે'વા દો gu રહૅવા દો → રૅ'વા દો let it be Italian Symbol it symbol used to indicate truncation it un poco → un po' a little, a bit it a modo di → a mo' di like, as it nonstandard proscribed used after a word-final vowel, as a substitute for a grave or acute accent, especially in upper-case text as upper-case accented letters are not available on standard non-mobile keyboards. it perche' (standard: it perché) why; because it c'e' (standard: it c'è) there is it E' (standard: it È)|[It] is}} {{usex|it|CANICATTI' (standard: it Canicattì CANICATTÌ) Usage notes The symbol is called it apostrofo. Lithuanian Punctuation mark lt punctuation mark lt grammar mul ’ Livonian Symbol liv symbol ʼ liv ʼ Oromo Pronunciation om Om-'.ogg The alphabetical name is hudhaa. Letter om om letter 34 om Jecha ba'uu jedhu keessatti hudhaan ni argama. The apostrophe occurs in the word ba'uu. om Jechi sa'a jedhu hudhaa of keessaa qaba. The word sa'a contains an apostrophe/hudhaa. Polish Alternative forms pl ’ Punctuation mark pl punctuation mark put before the declension suffix of a foreign name, if the preceding letter is silent Harry'ego /xaˈrɛ.ɡɔ/ — genitive case of en Harry Georges'em /ˈʐɔr.ʐɛm/ — instrumental case of fr Georges Further reading Scots Symbol sco symbol ’ Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a word. sco eneu' (sco eneuch, "enough"), sco lea' (en leave, "leave") The en apologetic apostrophe: inserted into a Scots word to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word. de'il (sco deil, "devil")