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Is virgule a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word virgule is a Scrabble US word. The word virgule is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is virgule a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word virgule is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word virgule is a Words With Friends word. The word virgule is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

VIRGULE,

6-letter words (6 found)

GLUIER,GUILER,LIGURE,REGULI,UGLIER,VERLIG,

5-letter words (14 found)

ERVIL,GIVER,GLUER,GRUEL,GUILE,LIGER,LIVER,LIVRE,LUGER,LURGI,LURVE,RIVEL,VILER,VIRGE,

4-letter words (30 found)

ERUV,EVIL,GIRL,GIVE,GLEI,GLUE,GRUE,GULE,GURL,IGLU,IURE,LEIR,LIER,LIEU,LIRE,LIVE,LUGE,LURE,RIEL,RILE,RIVE,RULE,URGE,VEIL,VIER,VILE,VIRE,VIRL,VLEI,VRIL,

3-letter words (30 found)

ERG,GEL,GER,GIE,GUE,GUL,GUR,GUV,IRE,LEG,LEI,LEU,LEV,LIE,LIG,LUG,LUR,LUV,REG,REI,REV,RIG,RUE,RUG,ULE,URE,VEG,VIE,VIG,VUG,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,ER,GI,GU,LI,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 90 words from virgule according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of virgule

virgule

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (“forming diminutives”). Doublet of virgula.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɝ.ɡjul/

Noun

virgule (plural virgules)

  1. (typography, obsolete or historical) A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
  2. (typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
    1. Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
  3. (typography, dated) A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
    1. (poetry) Used to mark metrical feet.

Synonyms

  • (all): virgula (rare), virgil (UK, obsolete)
  • (scratch comma): comma
  • (caesura mark): caesura
  • (oblique line): slash
  • (vertical line): pipe

Related terms

  • virgula, virgil

Translations

Czech

Etymology

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

Noun

virgule f

  1. divining rod

Declension

French

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viʁ.ɡyl/
  • Homophones: virgules, virgulent

Noun

virgule f (plural virgules)

  1. comma (punctuation mark)
  2. (mathematics) decimal point (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.
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 "100 000,9".
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Romanian: virgulă
  • → Turkish: virgül
  • → Azerbaijani: vergül

Etymology 2

Verb

virgule

  1. first-person singular present indicative of virguler

Etymology 3

Verb

virgule

  1. third-person singular present indicative of virguler

Etymology 4

Verb

virgule

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of virguler

Etymology 5

Verb

virgule

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of virguler

Etymology 6

Verb

virgule

  1. second-person singular imperative of virguler

Further reading

  • “virgule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Pronunciation

Noun

virgule f (plural virgulis)

  1. comma

Norman

Alternative forms

  • virdgule

Etymology

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

Noun

virgule f (plural virgules)

  1. (Jersey) comma

Derived terms

  • point virgule (“semicolon”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvir.ɡu.le]

Noun

virgule f pl

  1. plural of virgulă

Source: wiktionary.org