The virgule or slash has three main uses:
to separate alternatives, as in and/or
to represent the word per, as in feet/second
to indicate the end of lines of poetry when printed continuosly as in In Xanadu did Kubla Khan/A mighty pleasure dome decree
It is and/or, with a slash.The generally accepted way to separate 'and' and 'or' is with a forward slash (also known as a virgule) with no spaces.
"Tomorrow's weather is meant to be fine" is a correct way to use it.
"Did you have your breakfast" is the better one to use.
I think that it is always correct.
After every use.
It is and/or, with a slash.The generally accepted way to separate 'and' and 'or' is with a forward slash (also known as a virgule) with no spaces.
Une virgule (fem.) is the ponctuation sign called a comma in English.
cinq cent huit virgule sept, written in figures: 508,7 (virgule = comma)
In French, 6.15 is expressed as "six virgule quinze." The word "virgule" is used to denote the decimal point.
A slash ( / )
underneath the virgule
If you mean the slash, that's known as "barra". My (Mexican-English) dictionary gives: 'virgula' = virgule, short rod; short line; cholera bacillus. French 'virgule' = English 'comma; decimal point' (Spanish 'coma; punto decimal')
Cent trente trois virgule soixante dix. (virgule stands for 'comma', which replaces the period between figures and decimals in French)
In French, the number 9.25 is said as "neuf virgule vingt-cinq." The decimal point is referred to as "virgule," which means "comma" in English. So, 9.25 is literally translated as "nine comma twenty-five" in French.
sept virgule zéro un
76.349 (French writing 76,349) is "soixante seize virgule trois cent quarante neuf". The 'virgule' is used to separates the decimal in the same way the point does in English.
zéro soixante quinze, or zéro virgule soixante quinze (virgule being the comma which separates the digits in French writing: 0,75)