virgule
French, noun
virgule is spelled V-I-R-G-U-L-E (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virgule is a French feminine noun meaning “comma (punctuation mark)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of virguler. With an accent, virgulé is a different word: “past participle of virguler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Signe de ponctuation divisant certaines propositions dans une phrase, indiquant une pause : ‹ , ›”.
What does virgule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomma (punctuation mark)
- 2
femininedecimal comma (see usage notes)
En Europe continentale, la virgule permet de noter la partie décimale; pi vaut environ 3,1415.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of virguler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Signe de ponctuation divisant certaines propositions dans une phrase, indiquant une pause : ‹ , ›. 2. Séparateur décimal pour noter la partie décimale d’un nombre, en français. 3. Organe mécanique en forme de virgule. 4. Comma (papillon).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of virgule
- virgules plural
- virgulée feminine
- virgulés masculine plural
- virgulées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to virgule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is virgule in French?
virgule appears 2.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).