Information about the word colon (English → Esperanto: dupunkto)

Part of speechcommon noun
Pronunciation/ˈkəʊ̯̯lən/, /ˈkəʊ̯̯lɒn/
Hyphenationcolon
Shavian alphabet𐑒𐑴𐑤𐑩𐑯, 𐑒𐑴𐑤𐑪𐑯
Deseret alphabet𐐿𐐬𐑊𐐱𐑌
Pluralcolons

Usage samples

The colon is used in much the same way as in English.

Translations

Dutchdubbele punt
Esperantodupunkto
GermanDoppelpunkt
Papiamentodos punto
Spanishdos puntos
Welshcolon