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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vir•gule /ˈvɜrgyul/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- 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.
- 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 © 2024vir•gule (vûr′gyo̅o̅l),USA pronunciation n. [Print.]- 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.
- 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 - another name for solidus
Etymology: 19th Century: from French: comma, from Latin virgula a little rod, from virga rod |