‖

See also: | |, ǁ [U+01C1 LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK], ‖ ‖, ∥ [U+2225 PARALLEL TO], and ⏸ [U+23F8 DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR]

‖ U+2016, ‖ DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE ← ― [U+2015] General Punctuation ‗ → [U+2017]

For IPA use, the symbol may be made heavy to distinguish it from the lateral click ⟨ǁ⟩, but this is rarely done

Translingual

Alternative forms

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Etymology

The caesura mark is a variant of the medieval Latin virgula (“scratch comma”).

Symbol

‖

1. (literature) Used to mark caesuras.

   Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena ‖ in gēar-dagum

2. (IPA) Marks a major prosodic break, which may be any level of prosodic unit if a single bar marks a metrical foot, or may mark the end of a final prosodic unit if a single bar marks the end of a continuing unit.
3. (lexicography) Unnaturalised, foreign.

Coordinate terms

• (IPA): |

See also

• ∥ (parallel line)
• ⏸ (pause)
• | | (enclosing vertical lines)
• ‖ ‖ (enclosing caesuras)
• ǁ (IPA click consonant)