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語源

From French guillemet, diminutive form of the name Guillaume (“William”), named after French typecutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–1598) who supposedly invented the marks.

発音

• IPA: /ˌɡiˈmeɪ/, /ˌɡi.(j)əˈmeɪ/, /ˈɡɪl.əˌmɛt/

名詞

guillemet (plural guillemets)

1. Either of the punctuation marks « or » (or ‹ or ›), used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language, such as “ and ”.
   • 2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 49:

     Guillemets, however, proved popular and remain the key method of indicating quotations in French, Arabic, Italian, Greek and many other languages.

同意語

• angle quote
• chevron (typography)
• duckfoot quote
• double angle quotation mark (Unicode name)

参照

Further reading

• guillemet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia