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==Translingual==

===Punctuation mark===
{{mul-punctuation mark|head=[[(]] [[)]]|cat2=matched pairs|name=[[parenthesis|parentheses]]|name2=[[round bracket]]s}}

# {{n-g|Encloses [[supplemental]] [[information]].}}
#: {{ux|mul|Sen. John McCain '''('''R., Arizona''')''' spoke at length.}}
# {{n-g|Encloses a [[commentary]].}}
#: {{ux|mul|I gave it to Fred '''('''who was going there anyways''')''' before I left.}}
# {{n-g|Encloses optional variants or variant elements of [[word]]s, [[inflection]]s, [[spelling]]s or [[pronunciation]]s.}}
#: ''Go get the dog'''('''s''')''''' - Here, ''s'' is a shorthand for the plural ''dogs''.
#: ''You should '''('''re''')'''write that story.'' - Here, ''re'' is an optional prefix ''re-''.
#: ''Blue is my favo'''('''u''')'''rite colo'''('''u''')'''r.'' - Here, ''u'' is an alternative spelling (color/colour).
#: {{ux|mul|A variable with persistence that is currently above '''('''below''')''' its mean will tend not go below '''('''above''')''' its mean for some time.}}
#: {{ux|mul|'''(S)'''he likes dogs.}}
#: ''{{m|en|Antarctica}} {{IPAfont|/ænˈtɑɹ'''('''k''')'''tɪkə/}}, {{m|en|terminator}} {{IPAfont|/ˈtɜːmɪneɪtə'''('''ɹ''')'''/}}''
# {{n-g|Encloses [[narration]].}}
#* {{quote-text|en|termlang=mul|year=2006|chapter=Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness|volume=3|title=w:Scott Pilgrim
|passage=Envy: What's this for? Is this for the band?<br>Scott: It's... It's for you. I wrote a song.<br>'''('''weird pause''')'''<br>Envy: Why?}}
# {{n-g|Encloses a [[letter]] or [[number]] starting an [[item]] in a [[list]].}}
#: '''''('''1''')''' New York, '''('''2''')''' London, '''('''3''')''' Paris.''
#: '''''('''A''')''' New York, '''('''B''')''' London, '''('''C''')''' Paris.''
#* {{quote-text|en|termlang=mul|year=2006|chapter=Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness|volume=3|title=w:Scott Pilgrim
|passage=Scott: Can I get some free candy? Can you make it happen? Just some chocolate, maybe?<br>Wallace: No, because '''('''A''')''' you'll take half an hour to decide what you want, and '''('''B''')''' no sugar for you!!}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|termlang=mul|date=2024-08-06|author=Gena Kaufman|title=33 Rainy-Day Date Ideas That Aren’t Another Movie|journal=w:[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/rainy-day-dates|passage=When a sudden rainstorm interrupts your plans for a date, you have some choices: '''('''a''')''' brave the weather, '''('''b''')''' choose an equally fun indoor activity, '''('''c''')''' straight up refuse to leave the house and instead stay in together, or '''('''d''')''' be that person who asks for a last-minute raincheck (don’t be that person).}}
# {{lb|mul|papyrology|epigraphy}} {{n-g|Encloses restored elements of text that were (intentionally) omitted by the original scribe as an abbreviation.}}
# {{lb|mul|phonetics}} {{n-g|A transcription [[delimiter]] for [[silent]] utterances. It may enclose a transcription of a [[mouthed]] utterance derived from [[lip-reading]], such as (ʃːː), or of the length of a [[pause]] between utterances, such as (1.3 sec). (...), (..) and (.) are used for increasingly brief pauses.}}
# {{n-g|Used as [[quotation marks]] (e.g. in Arabic).}}

====Usage notes====
Some style guides prescribe square brackets {{angbr|{{l|mul|[ ]}}}} for parenthetical information within parentheses.

====Quotations====
{{seeCites|mul}}

====Synonyms====
* {{qualifier|parenthetical phrase}} [[— —]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|mul|(…)}} {{gloss|used when omitting a section in quoted text}}
* {{l|mul|(sic)|(''sic'')}} {{gloss|used to indicate text quoted as-is from the source}}
* {{l|mul|(!)}}
* {{l|mul|(?)}}

====See also====
* {{l|jbo|to}}, {{l|jbo|toi}} (Lojban)
{{punctuation}}

===Symbol===
{{head|mul|symbol|head=[[(]] [[)]]|cat2=matched pairs}}

# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} {{n-g|Encloses a mathematical phrase that has increased precedence in terms of operators.}}
#: ''20 / 2 + 8 = 10 + 8 = 18''
#: ''20 / '''('''2 + 8''')''' = 20 / 10 = 2''
# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} {{n-g|Denotes the [[greatest common divisor]] of two integers.}}
#: ''(54,24)=6''
# {{lb|mul|mathematics}} {{n-g|Denotes a [[coordinate]].}}
#: ''(x,y)''
# {{lb|mul|regex}} {{n-g|Defines a marked subexpression, to be matched using the [[backslash]] (\1, \2, etc.)}}
#: ''<code>'''('''[abc]''')('''[def]''')'''</code> — \2 matches the 2nd subexpression''
# {{lb|mul|programming}} {{n-g|Used when [[define|defining]] a new function, enclosing the list of [[parameter]]s.}}
#: <code>''getSum '''('''a, b''')'''''</code>
#: <code>''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;result = a + b''</code>
#: <code>''return result''</code>
# {{lb|mul|programming}} {{n-g|Used when [[call]]ing an existing function, enclosing the list of [[argument]]s.}}
#: <code>''result = getFirstNumber'''()''' + getSecondNumber'''()''' + getThirdNumber'''()'''''</code>
# {{lb|mul|programming}} {{n-g|Used with some [[expression]]s and [[conditional]]s, like "if", "switch", "for", "while", etc., in certain programming languages.}}
#: <code>''if '''('''x > 7''')''' then printf "success!" end''</code>
# {{lb|mul|chemistry}} Encloses a repeated unit in a [[polymer]].
#: ''glutaraldehyde = CH<sub>2</sub>'''('''CH<sub>2</sub>CHO''')'''<sub>2</sub>''
# {{lb|mul|accounting}} Indicates that a number is negative in place of a [[minus sign]].<ref>Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting, The Open University, 2015</ref>
#: ''(20)''

====Quotations====
{{seeCites|mul}}

====Related terms====
* {{qualifier|mathematical precedence}} {{l|mul|{{(}} {{)}}}}, {{l|mul|[ ]}}

====See also====
* {{l|mul|((( )))}}

===References===
<references/>

==Burmese==

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|my|punctuation mark|tr=-|cat2=matched pairs}}

# {{n-g|sometimes used to enclose numbers to distinguish from letters}}
#: {{ux|my|ရက်ပေါင်း (၁၀၀) အလွန်|100 days later}}

==Chinese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{sense|tone indicator}} ''single left parentheses''

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|zh|punctuation mark|head=[[(]] [[)]]|cat2=matched pairs}}

# {{n-g|Encloses the pronunciation to a character the reader may not necessarily know.}}
#: {{ux|zh|[[黿]]（yuán）|{{lang|zh|黿}} (read as ''yuán'')}}
# {{lb|zh|internet slang}} {{n-g|Used to provide a deeper or second meaning to a phrase. Probably from Japanese {{ja-r|義%訓|ぎ%くん|invented reading}}. Compare English {{m|en|read||used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term}}.}}
#: {{ux|zh|那個[[男人|男]]（[[帥哥|shuài]]）[[男人|人]]（[[帥哥|gē]]）|that man (read: hunk)}}
# {{lb|zh|internet slang}} {{n-g|Added to the end of a message, with short text inside, as a sort of [[tone indicator]].}}
#: {{ux|zh|回家看看（[[不是|bushi]]）|go take a look when you get home [[/j]]|lit=go take a look when you get home (not really)}}
# {{lb|zh|internet slang|with no content inside}} {{n-g|Used to censor [[vulgar]], [[profane]] or [[sensitive]] words or characters. Compare [[x]] in Latin alphabet. A formal way to censor words in Chinese is using [[×]] instead.}}
#: {{ux|zh|他（）的！|Fxxk that!}}
# {{lb|zh|internet slang|by extension|with no content inside}} {{n-g|Added to the end of a message to indicate a [[lighthearted]] or joking tone.}}
#: {{ux|zh|回家看看（（（|go take a look when you get home [[/lh]]}}
# {{lb|zh|internet slang|by extension|with no content inside}} {{n-g|Added to the end of a message, either left parenthesis only or both, used in place of ellipses {{lang|zh|[[……]]}} (which can be read as [[indecisiveness]]) to imply an abrupt and intentional end to an incomplete sentence.}}
#: {{ux|zh|確實如此，然而（）|I mean that's true, but [[🙃]]}}

====See also====
* {{l|zh|寫作……讀作……|lit=written as… but read as…}}

===References===
* {{w|Victor Mair}}, "[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=27310 Furigana-like glossing in Mandarin]". {{w|Language Log}}.

==Japanese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{sense|tone indicator}} ''single left parentheses'' or ''none''

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|ja|punctuation mark|head=[[(]] [[)]]|cat2=matched pairs|cat3=tone indicators}}

# {{n-g|Used as a plaintext fallback of [[ruby]]: encloses a regular or traditional pronunciation to kanji (sometimes other types of words, e.g. [[katakana]] in parentheses following an English word) that the readers may not necessarily know how to read.}}
#: {{ux|ja|檸檬（れもん）|檸檬 (remon)}}
# {{n-g|Used as a plaintext fallback of [[ruby]]: encloses an invented reading or a pronunciation borrowed from another language, which follows usually but not necessarily a kanji word, to conveys the word's deeper or second meaning (see {{ja-r|義%訓|ぎ%くん}}).}}
#: {{ux|ja|親友（ライバル）|close friend (rival)}}
# {{lb|ja|internet slang|with no content inside}} {{n-g|Used to censor [[vulgar]], [[profane]] or [[sensitive]] words or characters. A formal way to censor words in Japanese is using [[×]] or [[○]] instead. Compare {{ja-l|自主規制}} in Japanese and [[x]] in Latin alphabet.}}
# {{lb|ja|internet slang}} {{n-g|Added to the end of a message, with short text inside (the right parenthesis is optional), as a sort of [[tone indicator]].}}
#: {{ux|ja|それは無理だ（[[w#Japanese|w]]|That's impossible ([[LOL]]}}
# {{lb|ja|internet slang|by extension|with no content inside}} {{n-g|Added to the end of a message to indicate a lighthearted or joking tone (the right parenthesis is optional),.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{ja-l|(笑)}}, {{ja-l|笑}}
* {{ja-l|(ry}}
* {{ja-l|(汗)}}
* {{ja-l|(震え声)}}

==Mon==

===Punctuation mark===
{{head|mnw|punctuation mark|tr=-|cat2=matched pairs}}

# {{n-g|sometimes used to enclose digits to distinguish from letters}}
#: {{ux|mnw|တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်မရနုက်ကဵု (၆၈) ဝါ|The 68th Mon National Day}}