,

Character

,

Unicode name

COMMA

Codepoint

+ ←

Basic Latin

→ -

See also: ‚

Translingual[edit]

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Separates items in a list.

She sells dogs, cats, and birds.
Separates clauses in a sentence.
- 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), Rocco, page 217:
  
  Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.
  
  When you are in doubt, go to the library.
Separates coordinate adjectives.

The dull, incessant droning.
Sets off quoted material that is the grammatical object of an active verb of speaking or writing.

Mr. Kershner says, "You should know how to use a comma."
Separates the year in a date.

Feb. 14, 1987, was the target date.
Separates a region from a geographic place within.

Austin, Texas
Separates the surname from given name when the traditional order is the reverse.

Smith, John
Separates title from a name.

John Smith, PhD
Marks elision.

The cat was white; the dog, brown. (Here the comma replaces was.)
Marks a noun or pronoun used independently when speaking to some person, place or thing.

I hope, John, that you will read this.
The thousands separator used in some countries.

I have 1,258 flags.
The decimal separator used in some countries.

Le debo €7,14. - I owe you €7.14