comma

Plural: commaes, commas, commata

Noun

A punctuation mark indicating a pause or a fragment of ancient prosody.
a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.
A brief interval.

Verb

To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.

Examples

Placing COMMA on the board, he paused, waiting for his opponent’s reaction.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

Synonyms

comma butterfly, Polygonia comma, come, comma-point, scratch comma, virgula, virgule

Scrabble Score: 11

comma: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
comma: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
comma: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

comma: valid Words With Friends Word