noun

virgule

virgule · virgules

A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.

UK/ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/US/ˈvɝ.ɡjul/

Meaning

5 senses

(dated)A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
(dated)Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
(dated)A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
(dated)Used to mark metrical feet.
(historical, obsolete)A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virg

Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of virgula.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source