VIRGULE Definition & Meaning

virgule

[ vur-gyool ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

virgule

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Origin of virgule¹

First recorded in 1830–40; from French virgule “comma, little rod,” from Latin virgula; virgulate

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Origin of virgule¹

C19: from French: comma, from Latin virgula a little rod, from virga rod

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“The comma doesn’t seem to come from the diple but from the virgule, the slash,” Houston said.

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They lowered the virgule and curved it, for a start, so that it began to look like the modern comma.

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She is of course well aware That I am watching, so finally makes the V of the Roman Five, with a virgule before.

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It was impracticable to reproduce the original punctuation, which mainly consisted of the virgule or slash.

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