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noun, feminine

virgule

/viʁ.ɡyl/

noun, feminine/viʁ.ɡyl/plural: virgules

comma (punctuation mark); decimal comma (see usage notes)

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.

Borrowed from Latin virgula, diminutive of virga (“rod, branch”).