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Meaning of comma in English
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑmə/
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Noun
comma
Etymology
late 16th century (originally as a term in rhetoric denoting a group of words shorter than a colon; see colon): via Latin from Greek komma‘piece cut off, short clause’, from koptein‘cut’
Definitions
1.
a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
2.
anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing