exclamation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclāmātiō, from exclāmō (“to cry out”) + -tiō.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
"And now, my dearest Lucy, collect yourself, for all depends upon our own resources." Such were the whispered exclamations with which Francesca cheered her trembling companion, whose courage was not heightened by the darkness and stillness around them as they proceeded on their hazardous enterprise.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 45:
- (countable, uncountable) A word expressing outcry; an interjection.
- (countable, uncountable) An exclamation mark.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| exclamations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
mark of exclamation · exclamation point · note of exclamation · exclamation mark · exclamational
Synonyms
Translations (76)
ru во́зглас (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ar هَاتِف (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · eo ekkrio (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · nb utrop (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · la exclāmātiō (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · tr ünlem (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ro exclamație (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · cy ebychiad (word expressing outcry) · mk извик (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · uk о́клик (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · bg възклицание (word expressing outcry) · fi huudahdus (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · sv utrop (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · es exclamación (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · sv interjektion (word expressing outcry) · pl okrzyk (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · sh ȕzvīk (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · fi huudahdus (word expressing outcry) · tg нидо (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ar صُرَاخ (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ro exclamare (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · el επιφώνημα (word expressing outcry) · cs výkřik (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · fr exclamation (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · el επιφώνημα (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · kk леп (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · nl uitroep (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · it esclamazione (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · gl exclamación (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · sh у̏звӣк (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ar صِيَاح (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ms jeritan (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · de Ausruf (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · uk ви́гук (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · pl wykrzyk (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ja 叫び (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · pt exclamação (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · lt sušukimas (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · sk zvolanie (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · fi parahdus (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ar هَتْفَة (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · cs zvolání (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · uz undov (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · be во́кліч (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ru вскрик (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · tl bulalas (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ru восклица́ние (word expressing outcry) · nl uitroep (word expressing outcry) · it esclamazione (word expressing outcry) · mi tūhau (word expressing outcry) · uz xitob (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · sl vzklik (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · cmn 感嘆 /感叹 (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ru восклица́ние (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ka შეძახილი (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · el αναφώνηση (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · az nida (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · kk лептеу (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · uk о́крик (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · hy բացականչություն (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · da udråb (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · tr haykırış (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · be вы́гук (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · pl wykrzyknik (part of speech) · ru вы́крик (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · tg хитоб (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · lv iekliegšanās (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · uz nido (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · cmn 叫喊 (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · de Exklamation (word expressing outcry) · bg възклицание (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ko 외침 (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · sk výkrik (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · et hüüatus (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · kk саңқылдау (loud calling or crying out; outcry) · ka წამოძახილი (loud calling or crying out; outcry)