virgule.
A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
Meaning & usage
A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩. Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
A pipe, ⟨|⟩. Used to mark metrical feet.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of virgula.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.