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===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|virgule}}, from {{der|en|la|virgula||[[twig]]; [[scratch comma]]}}, from {{m|la|virga||[[rod]], [[branch]]}} + {{m|la|-ulus||''forming diminutives''}}. {{doublet|en|virgula}}.
===Pronunciation===
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* {{audio|en|en-us-virgule.ogg|
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
# {{lb|en|typography|obsolete|or|historical}} A [[medieval]] [[punctuation mark]] [[similar]] to the [[slash]] ⟨'''
#* {{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]]:
# {{lb|en|typography|dated}} A [[slash]], ⟨'''
## {{ # {{lb|en|typography|dated}} A [[pipe]], ⟨'''
## {{lb|en|poetry}} {{ng|Used to [[mark]] [[metrical]] [[feet]].}}
====Synonyms====
* {{sense|all}} {{l|en|virgula}} {{
* {{sense|scratch comma}}
* {{sense|caesura mark}}
* {{sense|oblique line}}
* {{sense|vertical line}}
====Related terms====
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|lomítko|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vinoviiva}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|barra oblicua|f}}
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[[Category:en:Punctuation marks]]
==Czech==
===Etymology===
===Noun===
{{cs-noun|
# [[divining rod]]
====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|f}}
==French==
===Etymology 1===
====Pronunciation====
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-virgule.ogg|
* {{audio|fr|Fr-Paris--virgule.ogg|
* {{homophones|fr|virgules|virgulent}}
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# [[comma]] (''punctuation mark'')
# {{lb|fr|mathematics}} [[decimal point]] (''see usage notes'')
#:
=====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
=====Derived terms=====
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* {{l|fr|à la virgule près}}
* {{l|fr|point-virgule}}
* {{l|fr|virgule fixe}}
* {{l|fr|virgule flottante}}
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=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ro|virgulă|bor=1}}
* {{desc|tr|virgül|bor=1}}
* {{desc|az|vergül|bor=1}}
===Etymology 2===
====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}
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===Etymology 3===
====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}
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===Etymology 4===
====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}
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===Etymology 5===
====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}
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===Etymology 6===
====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}
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===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}
==Friulian==
===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|fur}}
===Noun===
{{fur-noun|f|pl=virgulis}}
# [[comma]]
{{C|fur|Punctuation marks}}
==Norman==
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{{topics|nrf|Punctuation marks}}
==Romanian==
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