blockquote
/ˈblɑk.kwoʊt/noun
blockquote is spelled B-L-O-C-K-Q-U-O-T-E: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blockquote means “a lengthy quotation that is formatted so as to be set off from the main text on a webpage, as by italicization and indentation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blockquote is blockquotes.
How many letters and syllables are in blockquote?
| Letters | 10: B-L-O-C-K-Q-U-O-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is blockquote?
Blockquote appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blockquote?
- US /ˈblɑk.kwoʊt/
- UK /ˈblɒk.kwəʊt/
Blockquote has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-blockquote.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of blockquote
- blockquotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blockquote mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a lengthy quotation that is formatted so as to be set off from the main text on a webpage, as by italicization and indentation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blockquote in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quotation as block of text:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | citation en exergue, citation en retrait |
| German | Blockzitat |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blockquote come from?
From the name of an HTML element for this purpose, from block + quote.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).