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virgule

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈvɜːɡjuːl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈvɝgjul/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(vûr′gyo̅o̅l)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
vir•gule /ˈvɜrgyul/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Printinga short diagonal stroke (/) between two words indicating that either one may be chosen to complete the sense of the text:The defendant and/or his/her attorney must appear in court.
  2. Printinga dividing line, as in dates or fractions, a run-in passage of poetry in order to show verse division, etc. Also called diagonal. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
vir•gule  (vûr′gyo̅o̅l),USA pronunciation n. [Print.]
  1. Printinga 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/or his/her attorney must appear in court.
  2. Printinga dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.:3/21/27;3/4;Sweetest love I do not go/For weariness of thee.Also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, slant, slash, solidus;
     [esp. Brit.,] stroke. 
  • Latin virgula; see virgulate
  • French virgule comma, little rod
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
virgule /ˈvɜːɡjuːl/ n
  1. another name for solidus
Etymology: 19th Century: from French: comma, from Latin virgula a little rod, from virga rod
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