virgule: difference between revisions

Borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|virgule|notext=1}}, from {{der|en|la|virgula||[[twig]]; [[scratch comma]]}}, from {{m|la|virga||[[rod]], [[branch]]}} + {{m|la|-ulus||''forming diminutives''}}. {{doublet|en|virgula}}.

* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|en|/ˈvəːˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/|langa=enUK}}

* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈvɝ.ɡjul/|langa=enUS}}

* {{audio|en|en-us-virgule.ogg|Audio (US)|langa=enUS}}

# {{lb|en|typography|obsolete|or|historical}} A [[medieval]] [[punctuation mark]] [[similar]] to the [[slash]] ⟨'''[[{{l|mul|/]]}}'''⟩ or [[pipe]] ⟨'''[[Unsupported titles/Vertical line{{l|mul|{{!}}]]}}'''⟩ and [[use]]d as a [[scratch comma]] and [[caesura]] [[mark]].

#* '''{{quote-book|en|year=1990''', |author=John McDermott, ''|title=Punctuation for Now'', |page =20|passage=Other [[Chaucerian]] manuscripts had the [[virgule]] (or [[virgil]] or [[oblique]]: {{l|mul|/}}) at the middle of lines.}}

## {{lbng|en|typography|dated}} A [[slash]], ⟨'''[[/]]'''⟩ or ⟨'''[[／]]'''⟩, ''[[particularly]]'' {{lb|en|literature}} in [[its]] [[use]]Used to [[mark]] [[line]] [[break]]s within [[quote]]s.}}

# {{lb|en|typography|dated}} A [[pipe]], ⟨'''[[Unsupported titles/Vertical line{{l|mul|{{!}}]]}}'''⟩, ''[[particularly]]'' {{lb|en|poetry}} in [[its]] [[use]] to [[mark]] [[metrical]] [[feet]].

* {{sense|all}} {{l|en|virgula}} {{qualifierq|rare}}, {{l|en|virgil}} {{qualifierq|UK|obsolete}}

* {{sense|scratch comma}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|comma}}'''

* {{sense|caesura mark}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|caesura}}'''

* {{sense|oblique line}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|slash}}'''

* {{sense|vertical line}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|pipe}}'''

Borrowed from {{bor+|cs|la|virgula|notext=1}}, diminutive of {{m|la|virga||rod, branch}}.

{{cs-noun|g=f}}

===Etymology 1===

Borrowed from {{bor+|fr|la|virgula|notext=1}}, diminutive of {{m|la|virga||rod, branch}}.

====Pronunciation====

* {{IPA|/viʁ.ɡyl/|lang=fr-IPA}}

* {{audio|fr|Fr-virgule.ogg|Audio (France)|langa=frFrance}}

* {{audio|fr|Fr-Paris--virgule.ogg|Audio (Paris)|langa=frParis}}

* {{homophones|lang=fr|virgules|virgulent}}

====Noun====

#: ''{{uxi|fr|En Europe continentale, la '''virgule''' permet de noter la partie décimale; pi vaut environ 3,1415.'' — |In continental Europe, the comma is used to denote the decimal part; pi is about 3.1415.''}}

=====Usage notes=====

* In France, unlike in English-speaking countries, a comma is used to separate the whole and decimal parts of a decimal, while a space (gap) is used to mark off thousands. So "100,000.9" ("one-hundred thousand point 9") is written in French as "100  000,9".

=====Derived terms=====

===Verb==Descendants=====

* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

[[Category:{{C|fr:|Punctuation marks]]}}

Borrowed from {{bor|nrf|la|virgula|notext=1}}, diminutive of {{m|la|virga||rod, branch}}.

* {{IPA|ro|[ˈvir.ɡu.le]|lang=ro}}

# {{plural of|virgulă|lang=ro|virgulă}}