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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information;
[syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Virgule \Vir"gule\, n. [F. virgule, fr. L. virgula, dim. of virga. See Verge a rod.] A comma. [R.] [1913 Webster] In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a caesura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

virgule n 1: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

virgule Rare, and ambiguous: slash or comma. "Virgule" (or rather, Latin "virgula", meaning "little rod" or, vividly enough, "little penis") was the name of a punctuation character shaped like a small slash and used in the Latin writing system much like a modern comma -- hence the ambiguity of this term in modern English. Compare French "virgule" and Italian "virgola", meaning "comma" (not "slash"); Italian "doppia virgola" and "virgoletta", both meaning "double quote". (1997-04-08)