Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quotation marks

/kwoʊˈteɪʃən mɑɹks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: quo-ta-tion -marks
IPA: /kwoʊˈteɪʃən mɑɹks/

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of quotation mark

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kwoʊˈteɪʃən mɑɹks/
British English: /kwəʊˈteɪʃən mɑːks/

Phrases

curly brackets square bracket exclamation mark fraction slash parentheses (US full stop question mark

Frequently Paired Words

guillemet apostrophe curly brackets brace square bracket bracket colon comma

Synonyms

quotes speech marks inverted commas

Questions

How do you pronounce quotation marks?: The recorded pronunciation is /kwoʊˈteɪʃən mɑɹks/.
What does quotation marks mean?: plural of quotation mark

How to pronounce quotation marks

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