virgule
pronunciation
How to pronounce virgule in British English:
UK ['vɜ:gju:l]
How to pronounce virgule in American English:
US ['vɜgjul]
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- Noun:
- a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Word Origin
- virgule
- virgule: see verge
- virgule (n.)
- thin sloping line similar to a modern backslash, used as a comma in medieval MSS and still in modern text to indicate line breaks in poetry, 1837, from French virgule (16c.), from Latin virgula "punctuation mark," literally "little twig," diminutive of virga "shoot, rod, stick." The word had been borrowed in its Latin form in 1728.
Example
- 1. Culture communication co. , ltd virgule annonces .