different between apostrophically vs apostrophe

English

Etymology

apostrophic +? -ally

Adverb

apostrophically (not comparable)

1. (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
2. (orthography, humorous) With apostrophes.

Related terms

• apostrophe

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p?s.t??.fi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p??s.t??.fi/

Etymology 1

From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ????????? (apostréph?, “I turn away”), from ??? (apó, “away from”) + ?????? (stréph?, “to turn”).

Alternative forms

• apostrophë, apostrophy

Noun

apostrophe (plural apostrophes)

2. (orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

Usage notes

In English, the apostrophe is used to mark the possessive (e.g. “my friend’s wife”) or to show the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. “my friend’s angry”).

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• apostrophe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Punctuation

Etymology 2

From Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ????????? (apostroph?), from ????????? (apostréph?, “I turn away”), from ??? (apó) + ?????? (stréph?, “I turn”).

Noun

apostrophe (countable and uncountable, plural apostrophes)

2. (rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

Derived terms

• apostrophic, apostrophically
• apostrophize

Related terms

• catastrophe

Translations

Anagrams

• protophase

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p?s.t??f/
• Homophones: apostrophent, apostrophes

Etymology 1

From Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ????????? (apostréph?, “I turn away”).

Noun

apostrophe f (plural apostrophes)

1. (orthography) apostrophe

Etymology 2

From Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ????????? (apostroph?), from ????????? (apostréph?, “I turn away”), from ??? (apó) + ?????? (stréph?, “I turn”).

Noun

apostrophe f (plural apostrophes)

1. (rhetoric) apostrophe

Related terms

• apostropher

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

apostrophe

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of apostropher
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of apostropher
3. second-person singular imperative of apostropher

Further reading

• “apostrophe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).