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Meaning of "pilcrow" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PILCROW

pilcrow  [ˈpɪlkrəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILCROW

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pilcrow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PILCROW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pilcrow

The pilcrow, also called the paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, alinea, or blind P, is a typographical character for individual paragraphs. It is present in Unicode as U+00B6 ¶ pilcrow sign. The pilcrow can be used as an indent for separate paragraphs or to designate a new paragraph in one long piece of copy, as Eric Gill did in his 1930s book, An Essay on Typography. The pilcrow was a type of rubrication used in the Middle Ages to mark a new train of thought, before the convention of visually discrete paragraphs was commonplace. The pilcrow is usually drawn similar to a lowercase q reaching from descender to ascender height; the loop can be filled or unfilled. It may also be drawn with the bowl stretching further downwards, resembling a backwards D; this is more often seen in older printing.

Definition of pilcrow in the English dictionary

The definition of pilcrow in the dictionary is a typographical symbol used to mark the start of a paragraph.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PILCROW


cockcrow
ˈkɒkˌkrəʊ
crow
krəʊ
escroc
ɛsˈkrəʊ
escrow
ˈɛskrəʊ
gorcrow
ˈɡɔːˌkrəʊ
jim-crow
dʒɪm krəʊ
macro
ˈmækrəʊ
micro
ˈmaɪkrəʊ
mucro
ˈmjuːkrəʊ
NACRO
ˈnækrəʊ
outcrow
ˌaʊtˈkrəʊ
overcrow
ˌəʊvəˈkrəʊ
scarecrow
ˈskɛəˌkrəʊ
scrow
skrəʊ
semimicro
ˌsemɪˈmaɪkrəʊ
supermicro
ˈsuːpərˌmaɪkrəʊ
synchro
ˈsɪŋkrəʊ
ultramicro
ˌʌltrəˈmaɪkrəʊ
Velcro
ˈvɛlkrəʊ
Yamoussoukro
ˌjæmʊˈsuːkrəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PILCROW

pilau
pilau rice
pilaw
pilch
pilchard
pilcher
Pilcomayo
pilcorn
pile
pile arms
pile cap
pile dwelling
pile it on
pile on the agony
pile shoe
pile up
pile-driver
pile-up
pilea

WORDS THAT END LIKE PILCROW

arrow
barrow
borrow
brow
carrion crow
eat crow
eyebrow
grow
hooded crow
hoodie crow
in a row
jim crow
morrow
narrow
row
scald-crow
sorrow
sparrow
throw
tomorrow

Synonyms and antonyms of pilcrow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pilcrow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PILCROW

Find out the translation of pilcrow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pilcrow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pilcrow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pilcrow
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pilcrow
570 millions of speakers

English

pilcrow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pilcrow
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pilcrow
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pilcrow
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pilcrow
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pilcrow
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pilcrow
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pilcrow
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pilcrow
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pilcrow
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pilcrow
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pilcrow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pilcrow
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பில்க்ரோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिसो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pilcrow
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pilcrow
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pilcrow
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pilcrow
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pilcrow
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pilcrow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pilcrow
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pilcrow
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pilcrow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pilcrow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PILCROW»

The term «pilcrow» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.466 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PILCROW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pilcrow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILCROW»

Discover the use of pilcrow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pilcrow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pilcrow
Extremely funny and incredibly poignant, this is a major new novel from a writer at the height of his powers.
Adam Mars-Jones, 2011
2
Pilcrow Exp
Pilcrow is an exploration of a rich but marginal life, an engrossing story with a vibrant supporting cast of ghouls, matrons and sexual adventurers.
ADAM MARS-JONES, Mars-Jones a Staff, 2008
3
Punctuation: Number Sign, Diacritic, Pilcrow, Ampersand, ...
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Source: Wikipedia, Books Llc, Books Group, 2010
4
Cedilla
Page by page, Cedilla too provides unfailing pleasure. It's the book you can read between meals without ruining your appetite.
Adam Mars-Jones, 2011
5
Typographical Symbols: Pilcrow, Ampersand, Dagger, Enclosed ...
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Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
6
Shady Characters: Ampersands, Interrobangs and other ...
This book charts the lives of some of the most intriguing examples, like how the pilcrow went from its noble origins in ancient Greece to near obsolescence, only to be revived again in word processing software.
Keith Houston, 2013
7
Novels Set in Berkshire: Cocktail Time, Dead Cert, Dumb ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
8
A New York State of Crime
Michael Jahn, Dorian Yeager, Barbara Paul. tion of the captain's badge). Pilcrow also hated Marcy but, while pigheaded, was not so stupid as to take on a pregnant former policewoman who happened to be the daughter of a media bigwig and ...
Michael Jahn, Dorian Yeager, Barbara Paul, 1999
9
Murder in Central Park
Two or three minutes passed before Pilcrow returned, still angry. "Did you find it?" Donovan asked. "Yes." Pilcrow ducked into the back of his limo and Donovan thought that would be the end of him that night, but men the legs didn't follow the  ...
Michael Jahn, 2001
10
The Yale edition of the complete works of St. Thomas More
[leaf] | [pilcrow] Euery man that dothe euyll / hateth | the light : and cometh not to the light / | that his dedis shuld not be reproued. | [pilcrow] Iohan. iij. Colophon: [ pilcrow] At Straszburge the. 10. daye of Iune. Collation: 8°: A-C8 D4, 28 leaves ...
Sir Thomas More (Saint), 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILCROW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pilcrow is used in the context of the following news items.
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12 Ways To Make Microsoft Word Documents Look Great
Those are those little dots between words (spaces), the pilcrow (the backwards P at the end of a paragraph), and a slew of other faintly visible ... «Popular Mechanics, Jul 15»
2
Getting restless over native advertising
Verbal Energy We set off to find the elusive pilcrow · Verbal Energy Is the paragraph an endangered species? Share this story: More; Email ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
3
We set off to find the elusive pilcrow
I always keep my “invisibles” turned on, and as I write, I'm pushing a light blue pilcrow across the screen with every keystroke. A what, you ask? «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
4
Breaking point: is the writing on the wall for the paragraph?
Paragraph pilcrow A page from Villanova, Rudimenta Grammaticæ (c 1500), liberally sprinkled with pilcrow signs in the form common at the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
ACT and Nedbank continue to enable the arts
Pilcrow is a Liquid Fusion production that aims to combine students and professionals in a single, cutting edge, fresh dance theatre production ... «Artslink.co.za News, May 15»
6
Monotype Designers Participate in Font Marathon Challenge …
Quire Sans features pilcrow and fleuron characters, which add a unique distinction. Among Ford's other typefaces are Captain Quill™, Ford's ... «Business Wire, May 15»
7
Picnic in the park
It is not just a festival about eating out but also has activities to interest children,” says Ratika vanNoord Bhatnagar of Pilcrow Communications. «Livemint, Feb 15»
8
Before The Hashtag, There Was The Octothorpe
Before the Hashtag, There Was the Octothorpe. The pilcrow in action. Photo courtesy of Keith Houston. Fast forward to 1963. the invention of ... «Gizmodo Australia, Dec 14»
9
I have been immortalised in fiction. It's easier than you think
When the novel, which was called Pilcrow, was published in 2008, ... though, it will be a quite a few years before I read Pilcrow to my own kids. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
10
Top authors to auction character names for torture survivor charity
... appeared as “a sexually precocious schoolboy” in Adam Mars-Jones's 2008 novel, Pilcrow. Mars-Jones, offering another character this year, ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»

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