pilcrow

English

Etymology

Probably an alteration of Middle English pylcrafte, modification of Late Latin paragraphus.

Noun

pilcrow (plural pilcrows)

Synonym of paragraph mark: ¶.
- 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 167:
  The pilcrow was a simple punctuation symbol used by medieval scribes to indicate the start and end of a paragraph.

Translations

a paragraph mark

Basque: paragrafo zeinu
Danish: afsnitstegn
Dutch: alineateken
French: pied-de-mouche (fr) m
Galician: antígrafo m
German: Absatzzeichen (de) n
Hungarian: bekezdésjel
Italian: piede di mosca m
Korean: 단락 기호 (dallak giho)
Middle English: paraf
Norwegian: avsnittstegn m
Portuguese: pé de mosca m
Russian: пункт знак m (punkt znak)
Spanish: signo de antígrafo m, calderón (es) m
Swedish: alinea (sv)

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