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inverted question mark

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
in-vert-ed ques-tion -mark
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The punctuation mark "¿", which is placed at the beginning of questions in Spanish and, less commonly, Catalan, and in some languages that have cultural ties with Spain.

Inflected Forms

inverted question marks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

inverted exclamation point

Synonyms

rotated question mark turned question mark

Questions

What does inverted question mark mean?
The punctuation mark "¿", which is placed at the beginning of questions in Spanish and, less commonly, Catalan, and in some languages that have cultural ties with Spain.

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