exclamation

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclamatio, from ex (“out”) + clamare (“I cry out”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === exclamation (countable and uncountable, plural exclamations) A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. A word expressing outcry; an interjection. An exclamation mark. Synonym: exclamation point ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “exclamation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “exclamation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Coatlán Mixe == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin exclamātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.skla.ma.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === exclamation f (plural exclamations) exclamation (cry of joy) ==== Derived terms ==== point d'exclamation ==== Related terms ==== exclamer === Further reading === “exclamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012