semicolon

1. 1.

   a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period

   Broaderpunctuation

Other forms of semicolon

plural

semicolons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about semicolon

What does semicolon mean?

semicolon means "a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period".

How many syllables are in semicolon?

semicolon has 4 syllables and divides as se-mi-co-lon under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.