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guillemet

noun
/ˌɡiˈmeɪ/

Etymology

From French guillemet, diminutive form of the name Guillaume (“William”), named after French typecutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–1598) who supposedly invented the marks.

  1. borrowed from guillemet

Definitions

  1. Either of the punctuation marks « or » (or ‹ or ›), used in several languages to indicate…

    Either of the punctuation marks « or » (or ‹ or ›), used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language, such as “ and ”.

    • Guillemets, however, proved popular and remain the key method of indicating quotations in French, Arabic, Italian, Greek and many other languages.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA