virgule : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: virgule	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for virgule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virgule n a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information Synonym(s): solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virgule \Vir"gule\, n. [F. virgule, fr. L. virgula, dim. of virga. See {Verge} a rod.] A comma. [R.] In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a c[91]sura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule. --Hallam.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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)