!

Etymology
May derive from a Latin Io, with the I written over the o, placed at the end of an exclamation to mark it as such. The Io may either be an abbreviation for, or else the interjection.

Punctuation mark

 * What a beautiful day!
 * I had no idea!
 * How is that possible?!
 * After he finished his drink — his fifth! — he left the room.
 * After he finished his fifth drink (!), he left the room.
 * Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"
 * Character #2: "!"
 * 1) * 1996,  (video game)
 * ! [indicates that another trainer noticed the player character, prompting a battle between them]
 * 1) * 2008, June, A Michele Funston, "Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 95, issue 2, page 307:
 * TYPE: Mexico. Nayarit: Tepic, 10 Feb. 1927, Marcus E. Jones 23357 (holotype, POM not seen; isotype, US!).
 * She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.
 * Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"
 * Character #2: "!"
 * 1) * 1996,  (video game)
 * ! [indicates that another trainer noticed the player character, prompting a battle between them]
 * 1) * 2008, June, A Michele Funston, "Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 95, issue 2, page 307:
 * TYPE: Mexico. Nayarit: Tepic, 10 Feb. 1927, Marcus E. Jones 23357 (holotype, POM not seen; isotype, US!).
 * She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.
 * 1) * 2008, June, A Michele Funston, "Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America", Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 95, issue 2, page 307:
 * TYPE: Mexico. Nayarit: Tepic, 10 Feb. 1927, Marcus E. Jones 23357 (holotype, POM not seen; isotype, US!).
 * She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.
 * She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.
 * She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt!Spock.

Usage notes

 * Its English name is variously exclamation mark, exclamation point, exclamation, ecphoneme, or, in computing contexts, shriek, bang or pling.
 * In its use to denote excitement, surprise, or shock, it is sometimes repeated for additional emphasis, as in "!!", "!!!", "??!!!", or the like.

Derived terms

 * (dingbat)
 * (double exclamation mark/point)
 * (exclamation and questioning)
 * (exclamation and questioning)


 * (interrobang)
 * (inverted exclamation mark/point)

Translations

 * Aiton: ꩷
 * Armenian: ՜
 * Catalan: !, ¡ !
 * Fula: 𞥞
 * Japanese:
 * Limbu:


 * N'Ko: ߹
 * Shan: ႟
 * Spanish: ¡ !
 * Vai: ꘎꘎

Symbol

 * 1)  The factorial: the result of a multiplication of all integers from 1 to the given number.
 * 5! = 5 &times; 4 &times; 3 &times; 2 &times; 1 = 120
 * "five factorial equals 120"
 * 1) * 1983, Claude Santoy, Échecs et maths, Marabout, ISBN 2-501-00341-1, page 134:
 * (Fb4! 10.c3 suivi de De7 eut été plus précis)
 * (Bb4! 10.c3 followed by Qe7 would have been more efficient)
 * (Bb4! 10.c3 followed by Qe7 would have been more efficient)

Symbol

 * 1) in glosses, marks a word as imperative
 * 2)  Used to separate a trait from a character name to indicate a version or attitude of that character.
 * 1)  Used to separate a trait from a character name to indicate a version or attitude of that character.

Punctuation mark

 * 1)  Used at the end of a salutation line of a letter
 * Lieber Hans!
 * Dear Hans,