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virgule
[ vur-gyool ]
/ ˈvɜr gyul /
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Definition of virgule
noun
a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.: 3/21/27; “Sweetest love, I do not go/For weariness of thee.” (John Donne)
a short oblique stroke (/) used in computing; a forward slash.
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Also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, slant, slash, solidus ; especially British, stroke .
Origin of virgule
First recorded in 1830–40; from French virgule “comma, little rod,” from Latin virgula;see virgulate
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH virgule
backslash, forward slash, virguleWords nearby virgule
Virgo, Virgoan, Virgo cluster, virgo intacta, virgulate, virgule, viricide, virid, viridescent, viridian, viridity
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British Dictionary definitions for virgule
Word Origin for virgule
C19: from French: comma, from Latin virgula a little rod, from virga rod
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