les signes de ponctuation
On this page you’ll find a complete list of French punctuation mark names. This list should come in very handy if you’re taking a French class or discussing French writing.
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LA PONCTUATION | |
accent | un accent |
ampersand | une esperluette |
apostrophe | une apostrophe |
asterisk | un astérisque |
bullet point | une puce |
bracket | un crochet |
capital letter | une lettre majuscule |
colon | deux points (m.p.) |
comma | une virgule |
ellipsis | trois petits points, points de suspension (m.p.) |
exclamation point | une point d’exclamation |
hyphen, dash | un tirer, un trait d’union |
italics | en italique |
parenthesis | une parenthèse |
in parenthesis | entre parenthèses |
period | un point |
pound sign | un dièse |
question mark | un point d’interrogation |
semicolon | un point virgule |
slash, oblique | un slash, une barre oblique |
small letter | une lettre minuscule |
square bracket | un crochet |
underlining | le soulignement |
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