square bracket (plural square brackets )
Either of a pair of symbols, [ ] , used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.
1905 , Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , page 33 :We must, in short, employ a special bracket for operative relations ; and the square bracket is the most convenient. Hence [a + bβ ] x denotes that a + bβ operates on x , and [φ]n denotes that φ operates on itself n - 1 times.
symbol [ or ]
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: квадра́тная ду́жка f ( kvadrátnaja dúžka )
Bulgarian: сре́дна ско́ба f ( srédna skóba )
Catalan: claudàtor (ca) , parèntesi quadrat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方括號 / 方括号 (zh) ( fāngkuòhào ) , 中括號 / 中括号 (zh) ( zhōngkuòhào )
Czech: hranatá závorka (cs) f , závorka (cs) f
Danish: skarp parentes c
Dutch: vierkant haakje n , vierkante haak m , blokhaakje (nl) n , blokhaak (nl) m
Esperanto: rekta krampo
Faroese: hornklombur n pl
Finnish: hakasulje (fi) , hakasulku (fi)
French: crochet (fr) m
Georgian: კვადრატული ფრჩხილები ( ḳvadraṭuli prčxilebi )
German: eckige Klammer f
Greek: αγκύλη (el) f ( agkýli )
Hungarian: szögletes zárójel (hu)
Irish: lúibín cearnach m
Italian: parentesi quadra
Japanese: 角括弧 ( kakukakko )
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: средна заграда f ( sredna zagrada )
Malay: tanda kurung siku
Malayalam: കോഷ്ഠം (ml) ( kōṣṭhaṁ )
Manx: lhoobeen m
Maori: taiepa tūtika
Marathi: चौकटी कंस ( caukṭī kausa ) , चौकोनी कंस ( caukonī kausa )
Norman: crotchet cârré m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hakeparentes m
Polish: nawias kwadratowy m
Portuguese: colchete (pt) m , parêntese reto f
Romanian: paranteză pătrată f , paranteză dreaptă f
Russian: квадра́тная ско́бка f ( kvadrátnaja skóbka )
Scottish Gaelic: camag cheàrnach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: uglata zagrada f
Slovak: zátvorka f , hranatá zátvorka f
Slovene: oglati oklepaj m
Spanish: corchete (es) m
Swedish: hakparentes (sv) c
Tagalog: panalikop
Turkish: köşeli ayraç (tr) , köşeli parantez (tr)
Ukrainian: квадра́тна ду́жка f ( kvadrátna dúžka )
Vietnamese: dấu ngoặc vuông
Welsh: bach petryal m