comma

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 See also 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin comma < Ancient Greek κόμμα (komma) < κόπτω (koptō), “‘I cut’”)

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• (UK) enPR: kŏm'ə, IPA: /ˈkɒm.ə/, SAMPA: /"kQm.@/
• (US) enPR: kŏm'-ə, IPA: /ˈkɑm.ə/, SAMPA: /"kAm.@/
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  Rhymes: -ɒmə

[edit] Noun

comma (plural commas)

1. Punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or between elements in a list.
2. A North American butterfly, Polygonia c-album, of the genus Polygonia.

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• Comma (punctuation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Comma (punctuation)
• Comma (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Comma (butterfly)

Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( 〈 〉 ) colon ( : )

comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … )

exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )

interrobang ( ‽ ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )

semicolon ( ; ) slash/solidus ( / ) ( ⁄ ) space (   ) interpunct ( · )

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[edit] Italian

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comma m. (plural commi)

1. (law) subsection

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμα (komma) < κόπτω (koptō) "I cut"

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comma

1. piece, section