guillemet

From French guillemet, diminutive form of the name Guillaume (“William”), after the French typecutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–1598) who supposedly invented the marks.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡi.(j)ə.ˈme(ɪ)/ or IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪl.ə.ˌmɛt/[2][3]
• (French) IPA^(key): /ɡij.mɛ/[4] or IPA^(key): /ɡi.jə.mɛ/ (the /ə/ may be either an epenthetic schwa or a full vowel)

guillemet (plural guillemets)

1. Either of the punctuation marks « or », used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as “ and ”.

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

Diminutive form of the name Guillaume (“William”), after the French typecutter Guillaume Le Bé, 1677.

• IPA^(key): /ɡij.mɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Homophone: guillemets

guillemet m (plural guillemets)

1. quotation mark
2. guillemet

In French typography, a space is put after the opening guillemet and before the closing one. This rule is followed in France and most of the time in Canadian usage but not necessary elsewhere and not necessary on the internet, even on French websites; in Switzerland, no space is required in punctuation.

• “guillemet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).