interpunct

English

Etymology

From Latin interpunctus, from inter- (“between, mid-”) + punctus (“point”).

Noun

interpunct (plural interpuncts)

1. (typography) The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩

Synonyms

• middot, centered dot, middle dot, space dot, interpoint; decimal point (UK); come (obsolete)

Translations

punctuation mark

• Catalan: punt volat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 间隔号 (zh) (jiāngéhào)

• Dutch: hoge punt
• French: point médian (fr) m, point en haut m
• German: Mittelpunkt (de) m
• Hungarian: középső pont
• Japanese: 中黒 (なかぐろ, nakaguro)
• Polish: kropka środkowa f
• Portuguese: ponto mediano m

See also

Punctuation

• apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
• braces ( { } )
• brackets ( [ ] )
• colon ( : )
• comma ( , )

• dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
• ellipsis ( … )
• exclamation mark ( ! )
• fraction slash ( ⁄ )
• guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )

• hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
• interpunct ( · )
• interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
• parentheses ( ( ) )
• period (US) or full stop (Britain) ( . )

• question mark ( ? )
• quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
• quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )

• semicolon ( ; )
• slash (US) or stroke (Britain) ( / )
• space (   )