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virguleenUK
vir·gule V0115300 (vûr′gyo͞ol)n. Printing See slash.
[French, comma, obelus, from Late Latin virgula, accentual mark, from Latin, obelus, diminutive of virga, rod.]virgule (ˈvɜːɡjuːl) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing another name for solidus[C19: from French: comma, from Latin virgula a little rod, from virga rod]vir•gule (ˈvɜr gyul)
n. 1. a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that the appropriate one may be chosen to complete the sense of the text: the defendant and/or his/her attorney. 2. a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc. Also called diagonal. [1830–40; < French virgule comma, little rod < Latin virgula, diminutive of virga rod] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  virgule - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of informationseparatrix, solidus, slash, diagonal, strokepunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
TranslationsvirguleenUK
virgule (character)Rare, and ambiguous: slash or comma.
"Virgule" (or rather, Latin "virgula", meaning "little rod"or, vividly enough, "little penis") was the name of apunctuation character shaped like a small slash and used inthe Latin writing system much like a modern comma -- hencethe ambiguity of this term in modern English.
Compare French "virgule" and Italian "virgola", meaning"comma" (not "slash"); Italian "doppia virgola" and"virgoletta", both meaning "double quote".virguleenUK
Synonyms for virgulenoun a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of informationSynonyms- separatrix
- solidus
- slash
- diagonal
- stroke
Related Words- punctuation mark
- punctuation
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