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Pronunciation / Transliteration: barra
"Escribe una barra para separar los valores."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The typographical symbol (/), commonly known as a slash, forward slash, virgule, or solidus.
"The abbreviation c/o uses a solidus to represent 'care of'." - 2
A gold coin of the late Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, succeeding the aureus.
"The merchant traded his goods for a handful of solidi."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin adjective solidus meaning solid or firm, originally referring to a stable gold coin introduced by Emperor Constantine in the 4th century AD. In modern linguistic and typographical contexts, the term was adopted to describe the slash mark used historically to separate fractional values or in place of a punctuation separator.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Solidus" is said worldwide
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barre oblique
Transliteration: bar oblik
"Utilisez une barre oblique pour séparer les options."
Schrägstrich
Transliteration: ʃʁɛːkˌstʁɪç
"Setzen Sie einen Schrägstrich zwischen die Wörter."
barra
Transliteration: barra
"Inserisci una barra tra la data e il mese."
barra
Transliteration: barra
"Escribe una barra para separar los valores."
barra
Transliteration: baʁɐ
"Use uma barra inclinada na indicação da data."
तिरछी रेखा
Transliteration: tirchhi rekha
"दो शब्दों के बीच में तिरछी रेखा का प्रयोग करें।"
斜线
Transliteration: xié xiàn
"请在两个选项之间加上斜线。"
슬러시
Transliteration: seulleosihan
"단어 사이에 슬러시를 입력하세요."
スラッシュ
Transliteration: surasshu
"単語の間にスラッシュを入れてください。"
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