apostrophus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, literally “turned back”), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.pʰus/, [äˈpɔs̠t̪rɔpʰʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpos.tro.fus/, [äˈpɔst̪rofus]

Noun

apostrophus m (genitive apostrophī); second declension

(Late Latin, orthography) The symbol '; apostrophe

Declension

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Descendants

Descendants

→ Albanian: apostrof
→ Asturian: apóstrofe (learned)
→ Catalan: apòstrof (learned)
→ Czech: apostrof
→ Danish: apostrof
→ Dutch: apostrof, apostrophe
- → Indonesian: apostrof
- → Papiamentu: apostròf
→ Esperanto: apostrofo
→ French: apostrophe (learned)
- → English: apostrophe
- → Romanian: apostrof
- → Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)
  - → Azerbaijani: apostrof
- → Turkish: apostrof
→ German: Apostroph
→ Italian: apostrofo (learned)
→ Luxembourgish: Apostroph
→ Latvian: apostrofs
→ Lithuanian: apostròfas
→ Macedonian: апостроф (apostrof)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: apostrof
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: apostrof
→ Polish: apostrof
→ Portuguese: apóstrofo (learned)
→ Serbo-Croatian: àpostrof
→ Slovene: apostrọ̑f
→ Spanish: apóstrofo (learned)

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