Definitions For Interrobang

Noun

INTERROBANG (plural INTERROBANGs) The nonstandard punctuation mark {{l, mul, ‽}} (a combination of {{l, mul, ?}} and {{l, mul, !}}), which may be used at the end of a sentence to express excitement or disbelief, or to indicate that it is a rhetorical question. from 1962.

Alternative forms

interabang

Coordinate terms

!? ?! ‽

Derived terms

gnaborretni

Translations

Catalan: admirogant, m, exclarogant, m, signe d'admirogació, m, signe d'exclarogació Chinese: : Mandarin: 疑問驚嘆號 (yíwèn jīngtàn hào) Dutch: interrobang Esperanto: kridemandosigno Estonian: küsihüüumärk, interrobang Finnish: kysymys-huutomerkki French: point exclarrogatif, m German: Fragerufzeichen, n, Interrobang, n Hebrew: סִימָן תְּמִיהָה, m (simán temíhah), אִינְטֶרוֹבָּאנְגְ, m (interobáng) Hungarian: {{t-needed, hu}} Interlingua: interrobang Irish: comhartha ceiste uaillbhreasa, m Italian: punto esclarrogativo, m Japanese: 感嘆修辞疑問符 (かんたんしゅうじぎもんふ, kantan shūji gimonfu), インテロバング (interobangu) Korean: 물음느낌표, 인테러뱅 Norwegian: : Nynorsk: interrobang, m Portuguese: interrobang, m Russian: интерроба́нг, m, вопроца́тельный знак, m Spanish: interrobang, m, exclarrogativo, m Swedish: interrobang, c Ukrainian: {{t-needed, uk}} Welsh: holnod ebychol, m, f

See also

{{list:punctuation/en}}

Etymology

a la:interrogātiō, t1=examination, inquiry, interrogation, questioning, bang, t2=exclamation mark, exclamation point, nocap=1, coined in a 1962 article in the journal typetalks{{cite-journal, author=martin k. speckter, title=making a new point, or, how about that …, journal=typetalks, month=march–april, year=1962}}: see {{cite-book, author=keith houston, chapter=the interrobang, title=shady characters: the secret life of punctuation, symbols & other typographical marks, location=new york, n.y., publisher={{w, w. w. norton & company}}, year=2013, pages=25–28, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fbwaaaaqbaj&pg=pa25, isbn=978-0-393-06442-1}}. by american advertising executive martin k. speckter (1915–1988), who invented the symbol.{{cite-journal, title=martin k. speckter, 73, creator of interrobang, url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/16/obituaries/martin-k-speckter-73-creator-of-interrobang.html, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320015031/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/16/obituaries/martin-k-speckter-73-creator-of-interrobang.html, archivedate=20 march 2016, newspaper={{w, the new york times}}, date=16 february 1988, accessdate=20 december 2016}}.

Anagrams

gnaborretni {{catlangname, en, blends}} {{topics, en, Punctuation marks}}

Is Interrobang a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Interrobang is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Look up a Word

Search the dictionary for definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, and more!

Cite This Article

Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

WORD SCRAMBLE. THE WORD FINDER located on the website https://www.thewordfinder.com/