Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - apostrophe
Apostrophe
apostrophe
1. n. a punctuation mark used to indicate: 1 the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can't; he's; 1 Jan. '92). 2 the possessive case (e.g. Harry's book; boys' coats). Etymology: F apostrophe or LL apostrophus f. Gk apostrophos accent of elision f. apostrepho turn away (as APO-, strepho turn) 2. n. an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem, addressed to a person (often dead or absent) or thing (often personified). Derivatives apostrophize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). Etymology: L f. Gk, lit. 'turning away' (as APOSTROPHE(1))
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I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek apostrophē, literally, act of turning away, from apostrephein to turn away, from apo+ strephein to turn Date: 1533 the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically , apostrophic adjective II. noun Etymology: French & Late Latin; French, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos, from apostrophos turned away, from apostrephein Date: 1727 a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case, or the plural of letters or figures, apostrophic adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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