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==Translingual==

===Punctuation mark===
{{mul-punctuation mark}}

# An ASCII substitute for any of multiple characters with a similar shape:
## '''{{l|mul|’}}''' {{gloss|[[apostrophe]]}}
## '''{{l|mul|‛}}''' {{gloss|leading apostrophe}}
## A [[quotation mark]], in some languages: see '''{{l|mul|' '}}'''.
## {{lb|mul|IPA}} '''{{l|mul|ˈ}}''' {{gloss|primary stress}}
## '''{{l|mul|׳}}''' {{gloss|Hebrew [[geresh]]}}
## '''{{l|mul|ꞌ}}''' {{gloss|[[saltillo]]}}

====Related terms====
* {{sense|diacritical mark}} {{l|mul|"}}, {{l|mul|:}}

===Diacritical mark===
{{head|mul|diacritical mark}}

# An ASCII substitute for any of multiple characters with a similar shape.
## '''{{l|mul|׳}}''' {{gloss|Hebrew [[geresh]]}}
## {{lb|mul|IPA}} '''{{l|mul|ʼ}}''' {{gloss|ejective consonant}}
## {{non-gloss|Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an {{l|en|acute accent|acute}} or {{l|en|grave accent}}, when technical limitations prevent the use of one.}}
##* {{seeCites|mul|cafe'}}
##* {{seeCites|mul|caffe'}}<!--use of this on English, Dutch, Italian and French words shows it to be translingual, IMO-->

===Letter===
{{head|mul|letter}}

# {{n-g|An ASCII substitute for a letter representing a glottal stop, or glottalization:}}
## '''{{l|mul|'}}''' or '''{{l|mul|ʼ}}''' {{q|compare {{l|mul|ˀ}}, {{l|mul|ˁ}}, {{l|mul|ʿ}}, and {{l|mul|ʾ}}}}
## '''{{l|mul|ꞌ}}''' {{gloss|the saltillo, used in some languages of Mexico and Guatemala to represent either a glottal stop or a fricative sound}}.
## '''{{l|mul|ʻ}}''' {{gloss|the Hawaiian [[okina]]}}.

====See also====
* {{list:Latin script letters/haw}}

===Symbol===
{{head|mul|symbol|head=’}}

# {{non-gloss|Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a written word, often but not always because they are not being pronounced.}}
#: English: {{m|en|don't}}, {{m|en|y'}} , {{m|en|o'er}} ({{m|en|over}}), {{m|en|fo'c's'le}} ({{m|en|forecastle}}), {{m|en|tho'}} ({{m|en|though}}), {{m|en|cont'd}} ({{m|en|continued}}); German: {{m|de|Leut'}} ({{m|de|Leute}})
## {{non-gloss|Replaces letter(s) when two or more words are contracted into one word.}}
##: English: {{m|en|I'm}} ({{m|en||I am}}), {{m|en|wouldn't've}} ({{m|en||would not have}}); French: {{m|fr|qu'il}} ({{m|fr||que il}}), {{m|fr|à c't'heure}} ({{m|fr|à cette heure}}); German: {{m|de|gibt's}} ({{m|de||gibt es}}), {{m|de|auf'm}} ({{m|de||auf dem}})
# {{non-gloss|Similarly replaces one or more numbers which have been removed<!--because they can be inferred-->.}}
#: '95 (1995)
# An ASCII substitute for the [[foot]] {{gloss|length unit symbol}}.
# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} An ASCII substitute for '''{{l|mul||′}}''' {{gloss|[[prime]] symbol}}.
# {{lb|mul|time|angles}} {{n-g|An ASCII substitute for the symbol representing the}} [[minute]], {{n-g|placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate minutes count.}}
# {{lb|mul|grammar}} {{alt form|mul|¯}}
# {{lb|mul|music}} {{ng|A [[pointing mark]] in [[Anglican chant]], which marks a place in the [[text]] where a [[barline]] occurs in the [[chant]].}}
#: {{syn|mul|{{!}}}}
#: {{cot|mul|:|*|⋅|—|‖|†}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{sense|time}} {{l|mul|"}}
* {{sense|angles}} {{l|mul|"}}, [[°]]

====See also====
* {{l|mul|`}}
* {{l|mul|"}}
{{punctuation}}
{{quotation marks}}

==English==

===Symbol===
{{en-symbol}}

# ''See'' {{m|en|’}}

===Particle===
{{head|en|particle}}

# ''See'' {{m|en|-'}}.

==Chinese==

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|zh|punctuation mark}}

# {{n-g|sed to mark an initial a, e, or o in a multisyllabic [[Pinyin]] word, to prevent confusion ({{zh-l|隔音符號}})}}
#: {{uxi|zh|普洱|tr=pǔ'ěr|t=[[pu'er]] tea (named for a city in [[Yunnan]], [[China]])}}

==Esperanto==

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|eo|punctuation mark}}

# {{lb|eo|chiefly|poetic}} {{non-gloss|Used to indicate omission of the {{m|eo|a}} in {{m|eo|la}} to form {{m|eo|l'}}.}}
# {{lb|eo|chiefly|poetic}} {{non-gloss|Used to indicate omission of the final {{m|eo|-o}} of nominative singular nouns.}}
#* {{quote-book|eo|title=w:La Espero|passage=Ne al glavo sangon soifanta / ĝi la homan tiras familion: / al la mond'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' eterne militanta / ĝi promesas sanktan harmonion.|year=1891|author=L. L. Zamenhof|trans-title=The Hope|authorlink=L. L. Zamenhof|translator=L. L. Zamenhof|translation=Not to a bloodthirsty sword / does it draw the human family: / to the eternally fighting '''world''' / it promises sacred harmony.}}

====Usage notes====
* Never pronounced. 
* When the final [[-o#Esperanto|-o]] is replaced by an apostrophe, the word is stressed in the syllable that was the penultimate before the omission, thus the new final syllable.
* Almost exclusively used in poetry and proverbs. In ordinary language it is barely used, and many Esperantists might even not understand it.
* The apostrophe itself is sometime omitted by some poets, but this is considered non-standard and may create confusion.

==Finnish==

===Symbol===
{{head|fi|symbol}}

# {{n-g|Indicates a syllable break in words, mostly as a result of consonant gradation.}}
#: {{m|fi|liu'uttaa}}
# {{n-g|Used to separate the inflectional ending from unadapted borrowings, chiefly when the borrowing ends in a silent consonant.}}
# {{n-g|Used to signify omission or dropping of sounds.}}
## {{n-g|Representing [[apocope]] found in poetic text.}}
##: {{uxi|fi|sua palvon <u>ain'</u>|I worship you <u>always</u>}}
## {{lb|fi|dated}} {{n-g|Representing sounds elided as part of contractions.}}
##: {{uxi|fi|[[yht<u>'</u>äkkiä]]|su<u>dd</u>enly}}
## {{n-g|In some linguistic and grammatical sources, equivalent to [[ˣ#Finnish|ˣ]].}}

====Usage notes====
* More properly encoded as {{codepoint|U+2019}}, but {{codepoint|U+0027}} is ubiquitous in computing for technical reasons and also used on Wiktionary for normalization purposes.
* Called {{m|fi|heittomerkki}}.
* When used to represent a syllable break, the apostrophe is omitted if the word is hyphenated at the syllable break ({{m|fi||liu’uttaa}} &rarr; {{m|fi||liu-uttaa}}). It is however included in the other two cases.

==Italian==

===Symbol===
{{head|it|symbol}}

# {{ng|used to indicate [[truncation]]}}
#: {{ux|it|‎[[un poco]] → [[‎un po']]|a little, a bit}}
#: {{ux|it|‎[[a]] [[modo]] [[di]] → [[‎a mo' di]]|like, as}}
# {{lb|it|nonstandard|proscribed}} {{ng|used after a word-final vowel, as a substitute for a [[grave accent|grave]] or [[acute accent]], especially in upper-case text}}
#: {{usex|it|perche' ''(standard:'' {{l|it|perché}}'')''|why; because}}
#: {{usex|it|c'e' ''(standard:'' {{l|it|c'è}}'')''|there is}}

====Usage notes====
* The symbol is called {{m|it|apostrofo}}.

==Lithuanian==

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|lt|punctuation mark}}

# {{lb|mul|grammar}} {{alt form|mul|’}}

==Polish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pl|’}}

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|pl|punctuation mark}}

# {{ng|put before the declension suffix of a foreign name, if the preceding letter is silent}}
#: ''Harry'''&#39;'''ego'' {{IPAchar|/xaˈrɛ.ɡɔ/}} — [[genitive case]] of {{m|en|Harry}}
#: ''Georges'''&#39;'''em'' {{IPAchar|/ˈʐɔr.ʐɛm/}} — [[instrumental case]] of {{m|fr|Georges}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Scots==

===Symbol===
{{head|sco|symbol|head=’}}

# {{non-gloss|Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a word.}}
#: ''{{l|sco|eneu'}}'' (''{{l|sco|eneuch}}'', "enough"), ''{{l|sco|lea'}}'' (''{{l|en|leave}}'', "leave")
# {{non-gloss|The {{l|en|apologetic apostrophe}}: inserted into a Scots word to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.}}
#: ''de'il'' (''{{l|sco|deil}}'', "devil")

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