guillemet

Etymology
From, form of the name ,  who supposedly invented the marks.

Noun

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

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, symbols: and ,  and
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ; Möwchen
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, lúdlábidézőjel, csúcsos idézőjel, kúpos idézőjel
 * Italian: citazioni d'angolo, virgolette,, segno diacritico
 * Japanese: ギュメ, symbols: and,  and
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sjevron
 * Nynorsk: sjevron
 * Ottoman Turkish: طرناق
 * Persian:
 * Polish: cudzysłów ostrokątny
 * Portuguese: aspas angulares
 * Romanian:, semnul citării
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: comillas latinas, comillas españolas, comillas angulares, comillas bajas

Etymology
Diminutive form of the name, , 1677.

Noun

 * 1) quotation mark

Usage notes
In French typography a space is put after the opening guillemet and before the closing one. This rule is followed in France and most of the time in Canadian usage but not necessarily elsewhere and not necessarily on the internet, even on French websites; in Switzerland no space is required in punctuation.