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Translingual
mul , (comma) Some senses not actually translingual.
Etymology
An abbreviated form of the virgula, /, used to indicate a pause. The modern form was first used by Aldus Manutius. The virgula replaced the earlier dot because dots differentiated only by height were difficult to distinguish in medieval minuscule text.
Punctuation mark
comma
Separates items in a list.
mul She sells dogs, cats, and birds.
es mul Ella vende perros, gatos y pájaros. She sells dogs, cats and birds.
Separates clauses in a sentence.
pt-BR mul 2 217 Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca. When you are in doubt, go to the library.
en mul Joseph A. Wulfsohn CNSNews claims to be blocked in China, citing decline in internet traffic w:Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/media/cns-news-blocked-china-decline-traffic 2021-04-30 Comparitech, cited by CNS as a tech research consumer website, claims it is believed an estimated "10,000 domains" in China are "blocked at any one time." https://web.archive.org/web/20251122003854/https://www.foxnews.com/media/cns-news-blocked-china-decline-traffic 22 November 2025
mul proscribed in some languages"Dónde no hay que poner coma" in RAE, El buen uso del español Separates a long or complex subject from the predicate
en mul 7 March 1846 Franklin Examiner I 11 Franklin, Ind. John Robinson Kerr [2] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/940274760/ 4 11796285 Queen Victoria in her speech at the opening of Parliament, spoke congratulatingly of the efforts being made by her government and the French to restore peace to the States on the Rio de la Plata.
es mul 1915 Julio Vicuña Cifuentes Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena 266 Los niños que maman en las ubres de un animal, tienen muchas probabilidades de adquirir las cualidades de su nodriza Children who suckle at the udders of an animal, have a high probability of acquiring the traits of their nursemaid.
en mul Gay Community News 16 Feb 74 1 34 https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/downloads/neu:m046gk16p 5 The Fag in the fifth row Jonathan Cross That his rigid denial of the personhood of women should so completely and immediately win a contemporary Boston audience, is a sorry index.
Separates coordinate adjectives.
mul the dull, incessant droning
Optionally sets off quoted material that is the grammatical object of an active verb of speaking or writing.
mul Mr. Kershner says, “You should know how to use a comma.”
Separates one element in a date from another.
mul Feb. 14, 1987, was the target date.
de mul Donnerstag, 29. Juni 2023 Thursday, 29 June, 2023
Separates a region from a geographic place within.
mul Austin, Texas
Separates the surname from the given name when the traditional order is the reverse.
mul Smith, John
Separates a title from a name.
mul John Smith, PhD
Marks elision.
mul The cat was white; the dog, brown. Here the comma replaces was.
Sets off a noun or pronoun that represents someone or something being spoken to (when used independently).
mul I hope, John, that you will read this.
fr mul J’espère, Jean, que vous lirez ça. I hope, Jean, that you will read this.
Separates steps to do something in software.
en mul 1995 Paul W. Ross The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists http://books.google.com.br/books?id=LTi_DN_LCSIC&pg=PA719#v=onepage&q&f=false 9780849325304 719 CRC Press Choose View, Screen Show, Edit Effect to provide transition effects such as Fade and Blinds.
Indicates a pause or a separation between multiple words in interjections.
en ha, ha; en ho, ho, ho
de mul toi, toi, toi good luck
en mul 2002 Irving Townsend 8 Duffy: Adventures of a Collie Hampton Falls, N.H. Beeler Large Print 62 https://archive.org/details/duffyadventureso0000town/page/62/mode/1up 1-57490-423-X There he stopped, dipped his muzzle into the water and, as always when he was very thirsty, drank in repeated triplets. Glp glp glp. Glp, glp, glp.
Usage notes
(Separates items in a list) The last comma before a conjunction in a list is called a serial comma. Usage of the serial comma depends on the house style one uses and the language in question, so (depending on the language) the phrase can also be written without the comma: “She sells dogs, cats and birds.” See Serial comma on Wikipedia for more details.
Quotations
mul
Alternative forms
in Arabic: ar Arab ،
in Armenian: hy ՝
in Chinese: ,
in Japanese: 、
References
Symbol
A separator used with numbers.
In some counting systems, separates groups of three consecutive digits; the thousands separator.
mul in other counting systems mul space . ٬ ’
en I have 1,258 flags.
en mul Joseph A. Wulfsohn CNSNews claims to be blocked in China, citing decline in internet traffic w:Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/media/cns-news-blocked-china-decline-traffic 2021-04-30 Comparitech, cited by CNS as a tech research consumer website, claims it is believed an estimated "10,000 domains" in China are "blocked at any one time." https://web.archive.org/web/20251122003854/https://www.foxnews.com/media/cns-news-blocked-china-decline-traffic 22 November 2025
In the Indian numbering system, separates groups of two consecutive digits, except for one final group of three.
In some counting systems, sets off the decimal or fractional part of a number; the decimal separator.
mul in other counting systems . · ’
es Le debo 7,14 €. I owe you €7.14. Spanish
fr J’ai payé 10,14 €. I paid €10.14. French
es mul Bryan Mena Economía de EE.UU. cae en primer trimestre y se acerca a la recesión por los abruptos cambios de política de Trump w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/04/30/eeuu/economia-estadounidense-recesion-politica-trump-trax 2025-04-30 El producto bruto interno (PBI), que mide todos los bienes y servicios producidos en la economía, registró una tasa anualizada de -0,3 % en el primer trimestre, dijo este miércoles el Departamento de Comercio. https://web.archive.org/web/20250605081302/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/04/30/eeuu/economia-estadounidense-recesion-politica-trump-trax/ 5 June 2025
Quotations
mul
See also
Lhao Vo
Pronunciation
mhx /ʔ/
Letter
mhx letter
glottal stop (with falling lexical tone).
Usage notes
The punctuation mark is separated from the preceding word by a space.
Falling tone is otherwise unmarked. Glottal stop with other tones is low mhx ; and high mhx ʼ.
Saanich
Pronunciation
str /ʔ/
Letter
str nocase
str ¸
Zhuang
Punctuation mark
za punctuation mark
A comma. It cannot be used for enumerating a list.
See also
enumeration comma za 、