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'

1. Any of multiple characters with a similar shape:
   1. ’ (apostrophe)
   2. ‛ (leading apostrophe)
   3. A quotation mark, in some languages: see ' '.
   4. (IPA) ˈ (primary stress)
   5. ׳ (Hebrew geresh)

• (diacritical mark): ", :

'

1. Any of multiple characters with a similar shape.
   1. ׳ (Hebrew geresh)
   2. (IPA) ʼ (ejective consonant)
   3. Used after a letter as a nonstandard representation of an acute or grave accent, when technical limitations prevent the use of one.
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:cafe'.
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:caffe'.

'

1. A letter representing a glottal stop, or glottalization:
   1. ' or ʼ (compare ˀ, ˁ, ʿ, and ʾ)
   2. ꞌ (the saltillo, used in some languages of Mexico and Guatemala to represent either a glottal stop or a fricative sound).
   3. ʻ (the Hawaiian okina).

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Ā ā), E e (Ē ē), I i (Ī ī), O o (Ō ō), U u (Ū ū), H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, ʻ

’

1. Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a written word, often but not always because they are not being pronounced.

   English: don't, y' , o'er (over), fo'c's'le (forecastle), tho' (though), cont'd (continued); German: Leut' (Leute)

   1. Replaces letter(s) when two or more words are contracted into one word.

      English: I'm (I am), wouldn't've (would not have); French: qu'il (que il), à c't'heure (à cette heure); German: gibt's (gibt es), auf'm (auf dem)

2. Similarly replaces one or more numbers which have been removed.

   '95 (1995)

3. ', the foot (length unit symbol).
4. (mathematics) ′ (prime symbol).
5. (time, angles) The symbol representing the minute, placed after the value of the seconds in a term to indicate minutes count.
6. (grammar) Alternative form of ¯

• (time): "
• (angles): ", °

• `
• "

Punctuation

’

1. See -'.

'

1. Used to mark an initial a, e, or o in a multisyllabic Pinyin word, to prevent confusion.

   普洱 ― pǔ'ěr ― a city in Yunnan; a tea

'

1. (chiefly poetic) Used to indicate omission of the a in la to form l'.
2. (chiefly poetic) Used to indicate omission of the final -o of nominative singular nouns.
   • 1891, L. L. Zamenhof, "La Espero":

     al la mond' eterne militanta ĝi promesas sanktan harmonion.

'

1. Alternative spelling of ’

Very common in computing, including online texts.

• ’

'

1. Put before the declension suffix of a foreign name, if the preceding letter is silent.

   Harry'ego /xaˈrɛ.ɡɔ/ — genitive case of Harry

   Georges'em /ˈʐɔr.ʐɛm/ — instrumental case of Georges

• ' in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ' in Polish dictionaries at PWN

’

1. Replaces one or more letters which have been removed from a word.

   eneu' (eneuch, "enough"), lea' (leave, "leave")

2. The apologetic apostrophe: inserted into a Scots word to give the appearance that it is a contraction of an English word.

   de'il (deil, "devil")

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /alef/

' upper case (lower case ')

1. The first letter of the Somali alphabet, called alef and written in the Latin script.

• This is the first letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is followed by B. It is rarely used in the initial position.

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u