Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pause mark

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
pause -mark
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of enumeration comma

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 頓號 /顿号 (dùnhào).

Inflected Forms

pause marks (plural)

Synonyms

enumeration comma

Questions

What does pause mark mean?
Synonym of enumeration comma
Where does pause mark come from?
Calque of Chinese 頓號 /顿号 (dùnhào).

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