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|lnetxt=apostrophe apostrophes N F :: rhetorical figure when speaker turns away to address others; apostrophy | |lnetxt=apostrophe apostrophes N F :: rhetorical figure when speaker turns away to address others; apostrophy | ||
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==Wikipedia EN== | |||
Apostrophe (Greek [[ἀποστροφή]], apostrophé, "[[turning away]]"; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory figure of speech. It occurs when a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g. in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes absent from the scene. Often the addressee is a personified abstract quality or inanimate object. In dramatic works and poetry written in or translated into English, such a figure of speech is often introduced by the vocative exclamation, "O". Poets may apostrophize a beloved, the Muses, God or gods, love, time, or any other entity that can't respond in reality. | |||
==Translations== | |||
ar: مناجاة; be_x_old: апастрофа; ca: apòstrofe; cs: apostrofa; de: Apostrophe; el: αποστροφή; en: apostrophe; eo: retorika alparolo; es: apóstrofe; eu: apostrofe; fi: apostrofi; fr: apostrophe; gl: apóstrofe; hr: apostrofa; it: apostrofe; ja: 頓呼法; mk: апострофа; nl: apostrof; nn: apostrofe; pl: apostrofa; pt: apóstrofe; ru: апострофа; sh: apostrofa; sk: apostrofa; sl: apostrofa; sq: apostrofa; sr: апострофа; sw: ritifaa; uk: апострофа; uz: apostrofa | |||