- pilcrow
- The symbol used by editors to indicate a new paragraph
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
pilcrow
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Pilcrow — Pil crow, n. [A corruption of {Paragraph}.] (Print.) a paragraph mark, [para]. [Obs.] Tusser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pilcrow — The pilcrow (¶; Unicode U+00B6, HTML entity amp;para;), also called the paragraph sign or the alinea (Latin: a linea , off the line ), is a typographical character commonly used to denote individual paragraphs. This non alphabetic symbol varies… … Wikipedia
Pilcrow — Satzzeichen , –, , ― . , , , ; , : , … , · ¿, ?, !, ¡, ‽, ⸮ „…“, »…« … … Deutsch Wikipedia
pilcrow — Английский параграф (Paragraph mark, Pilcrow) Знак, обозначающий при верстке возврат каретки (переход к следующему абзацу). Кроме того, в англо американской типографике применяется в качестве знака сноски. Происходит от средневекового… … Шрифтовая терминология
pilcrow — /pil kroh/, n. a paragraph mark. [1400 50; appar. alter. (perh. conformed to CROW1) of late ME pylcraft(e), perh. < OF paragrafe, pelagraphe PARAGRAPH] * * * … Universalium
pilcrow — noun The paragraph mark ¶ … Wiktionary
pilcrow — n. paragraph mark (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
pilcrow — pil·crow … English syllables
pilcrow — /ˈpɪlkroʊ/ (say pilkroh) noun See paragraph (def. 2). {? a variant of paragraph which appeared in Middle English as pylcraft} …
pilcrow — ˈpilˌkrō noun ( s) Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English pylcrafte, modification of Late Latin paragraphus more at paragraph : a paragraph mark ¶ … Useful english dictionary
