‖

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⟩.

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 indicate caesuras.

   Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena ‖ in gēar-dagum

2. (IPA) Used to indicate 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.

   Coordinate term: |

3. (lexicography) Used to indicate an unnaturalised or foreign word.
4. (music) A pointing mark in Anglican chant, used to mark the place in a verse which corresponds to the double barline in the chant, in circumstances where this is not the same place as the colon which divides the two halves of the verse; typically done when one half is very short.

   Coordinate terms: |, ', :, *, ·, —, †

   The angel of the Lord tarrieth | round about | them that ‖ fear him : | and de|livereth | them.

   Psalm 34:7

Usage notes

• The IPA symbol is intended to be typeset in bold typeface, and is presented that way in the official IPA symbol charts.