Definitions For Guillemet

Noun

GUILLEMET (plural GUILLEMETs) Either of the punctuation marks « or », used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as “ and ”.

Synonyms

angle quote chevron (Typography) duckfoot quote double angle quotation mark (Unicode name)

Translations

Armenian: չակերտ Chinese: : Mandarin: 書名號, sc=Hani, 书名号, tr=shūmínghào, sc=Hani, symbols: {{l, cmn, 《, sc=Hani}} and {{l, cmn, 》, sc=Hani}}, {{l, cmn, 〈, sc=Hani}} and {{l, cmn, 〉, sc=Hani}}, 法文的引號}}, {{t, cmn, 法文的引号 (fǎwén de yǐnhào) Finnish: kulmalainausmerkki French: guillemet, m German: Guillemet, m, n; Möwchen, n Greek: εισαγωγικά, n-p Hungarian: lúdláb, lúdlábidézőjel, csúcsos idézőjel, kúpos idézőjel Irish: Liamóg Italian: citazioni d'angolo, m-p, virgolette, f-p, virgolettato, m, segno diacritico, m Japanese: ギュメ (gyume, sc=Jpan), symbols: {{l, ja, 《, sc=Jpan}} and {{l, ja, 》, sc=Jpan}}, {{l, ja, 〈, sc=Jpan}} and {{l, ja, 〉, sc=Jpan}} Norwegian: : Bokmål: sjevron, m : Nynorsk: sjevron, m Persian: گیومه, tr=giyume, sc=fa-Arab Portuguese: aspas angulares, f-p Russian: ёлочка, f Spanish: comillas latinas, f-p, comillas españolas, f-p, comillas angulares, f-p, comillas bajas, f-p

References

Etymology

From {{etyl, fr, en}} guillemet, appendix:glossary#diminutive, diminutive form of the name Guillaume, , William, after the French typecutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–1598) who supposedly invented the marks. Character design standards, Latin 1: Punctuation Design Standards (§ Pointing quotation marks – Guillemets)