‖

See also: | |, ǁ [U+01C1 LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK], ‖ ‖, ∥ [U+2225 PARALLEL TO], and ⏸ [U+23F8 DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR]

‖ U+2016, ‖
DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE
← ―
[U+2015] 		General Punctuation ‗ →
[U+2017]
For IPA use, the symbol may be made heavy to distinguish it from the lateral click ⟨ǁ⟩, but this is rarely done

Translingual

Alternative forms
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Etymology

The caesura mark is a variant of the medieval Latin virgula (“scratch comma”).

Symbol

‖

  1. (literature) Used to mark caesuras.
    Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena ‖ in gēar-dagum
  2. (IPA) Marks a major prosodic break, which may be any level of prosodic unit if a single bar marks a metrical foot, or may mark the end of a final prosodic unit if a single bar marks the end of a continuing unit.
  3. (lexicography) Unnaturalised, foreign.

Coordinate terms
  • (IPA): |

See also
  • ∥ (parallel line)
  • ⏸ (pause)
  • | | (enclosing vertical lines)
  • ‖ ‖ (enclosing caesuras)
  • ǁ (IPA click consonant)
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