Wiktionary

« »


« U+00AB, «
LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
← ª
[U+00AA] 		Latin-1 Supplement ¬ →
[U+00AC]

» U+00BB, »
RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
← º
[U+00BA] 		Latin-1 Supplement ¼ →
[U+00BC]
See also: » « and 《 》

Translingual

edit

Etymology

edit

A doubling of ‹ ›.

Design

edit

The guillements were set in the middle of the metal type so that a single sort could be turned and used as either an opening or a closing mark.[1]

Punctuation mark

edit

« » (English name guillemets)

  1. Enclose a quotation in some languages.
    • 1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea‎[1] (in English), Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 400‎[2]:
      At a sharp bend in the river, the little walled-town of Shih-shou Hsien, on the slopes of several little wooded hills, two of which are crowned by temples (430 ft. high) ; this is the « chief-place » of a district in the prefecture of Ching-chou Fu.

Derived terms

edit

See also

edit
quotation marks and quotation dashes by language (edit)
quotation marks - all matched-pairs
quotation marks and quotation dashes - all single characters
  • Curved double quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟
  • Curved single quotation marks and apostrophes: ‘ · ’ · ‚ · ‛
  • Straight double quotation mark: "
  • Straight single quotation mark and apostrophe: '
  • Prime quotation marks: 〝 · 〞 · 〟
  • Guillemets: « · »
  • Single guillemets: ‹ · ›
  • Corner brackets: 「 · 」 · 『 · 』
  • Quotation dashes: — (em dash) · ― (horizontal bar) · – (en dash)

Further reading

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Frederick Hamilton (1920: 31) A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and Their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically.

Arabic

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

« »

  1. Encloses a quotation.

French

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

« »

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

edit

An embedded (inner) quotation may be set off with ⟨“ ”⟩ (in France) or ⟨‹ ›⟩ (in Switzerland), within ⟨« »⟩ for the outer quotation. The languages of Switzerland use a common convention of ⟨« »⟩ for a simple or embedding quotation and ⟨‹ ›⟩ for an embedded quotation. For lines of dialogue, the quotation dash ⟨―⟩ is generally preferred.

Greek

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

« »

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

edit
  • ⟨“ ”⟩ (formerly ⟨‟ ”⟩) enclose an embedded (inner) quotation, within guillemets for the outer quotation.

Portuguese

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

« »

  1. (Portugal) Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

edit

Portugal follows a convention of guillemets for a simple or outer quotation, ⟨“ ”⟩ for an embedded quotation, and ⟨‘ ’⟩ for a doubly embedded quotation or mention. Guillemets are not used in Brazil. For lines of dialogue, the quotation dash ⟨―⟩ is preferred.

Russian

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

« »

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

edit

An embedded (inner) quotation may be set off with ⟨„ “⟩, within guillemets for the outer quotation. For lines of dialogue, the quotation dash ⟨―⟩ is generally preferred.

Spanish

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

« »

  1. Encloses a quotation.

Usage notes

edit

An embedded (inner) quotation is enclosed with ⟨“ ”⟩, within guillemets for the outer quotation. A closing quotation mark is added to the beginning of each new paragraph of an extended quotation; only the last paragraph receives a closing quotation mark at the end. For lines of dialogue, the quotation dash ⟨―⟩ is generally preferred.

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=«_»&oldid=81506825"