comma

(kämə)

noun

  1. a mark of punctuation (,) used to indicate a slight separation of sentence elements, as in setting off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements, items in a series, etc.
  2. a slight pause

Origin: L < Gr komma, clause in a sentence, that which is cut off < koptein, to cut off < IE base *(s)kep-, to cut, split > capon, shaft

See comma in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Grammar A punctuation mark ( , ) used to indicate a separation of ideas or of elements within the structure of a sentence.
  2. A pause or separation; a caesura.
  3. Any of several butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having wings with brownish coloring and irregularly notched edges.

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: , from Greek komma, piece cut off, short clause

Origin: , from koptein, to cut

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