Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 11 compound words that contain comma. The most common are listed below. Open comma in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- serial commaA comma preceding the final conjunction in a list of three or more items, especially to provide clarity.
- comma categoryA category built out of a pair of functors that have the same codomain.
- Oxford commaThe serial comma.
- inverted commaA type of paired quotation mark: ‘ or “ (beginning the quoted material) and ’ or ” (ending it).
- Johannine CommaA short phrase, included in some manuscripts of 1 John 5:7-8, whose authenticity is debated and is widely agreed to be an interpolation.
- Comma JohanneumThe Johannine Comma; a phrase included in some manuscripts of 1 John 5:7–8.
- ideographic commaA punctuation mark, ⟨、⟩, used in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other languages that use Chinese-derived ideographs, and which has a similar function to the comma in languages that use the Roman alphabet.
- comma butterflyComma (butterfly of genus Polygonia)
- comma categoriesplural of comma category: A category built out of a pair of functors that have the same codomain.
- decimal commaA comma used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others.
- fat commaThe operator =>, used in declaring hashes.
- Harvard commaThe serial comma.
- scratch commaSynonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩ in its former use as a form of comma.
- series commaSynonym of serial comma: A comma preceding the final conjunction in a list of three or more items, especially to provide clarity.
- enumeration comma⟨、⟩, a comma used (chiefly) in Chinese to separate items of a list.
- dun commaThe ideographic comma used in Chinese.
- Shatner commaA comma placed inappropriately between words, where no pause should occur in speech.
- comma spliceTwo independent clauses combined into a run-on sentence with only a comma between them.
- comma lichenAny lichen of the genus Arthonia.
- comma splicesplural of comma splice: Two independent clauses combined into a run-on sentence with only a comma between them.
- Ptolemaic commaSynonym of syntonic comma: A small comma-type interval between two musical notes, equal to the frequency ratio 81:80 (= 1.0125) or around 21.51 cents. It often manifests itself as the difference between the Pythagorean major third of 81:64 …
- comma of DidymusSynonym of syntonic comma: A small comma-type interval between two musical notes, equal to the frequency ratio 81:80 (= 1.0125) or around 21.51 cents. It often manifests itself as the difference between the Pythagorean major third of 81:64 …
- syntonic commaA small comma-type interval between two musical notes, equal to the frequency ratio 81:80 (= 1.0125) or around 21.51 cents. It often manifests itself as the difference between the Pythagorean major third of 81:64 and the classic major …
- comma butterfliesplural of comma butterfly: Comma (butterfly of genus Polygonia)
- comma queenA person who is obsessed with fixing grammatical errors.
Compound words 11
- commalessWithout a comma (punctuation mark).
- commalikeResembling a comma.
- commifyTo insert commas into (a piece of code).
- myocommaA myotome
- commandsplural of command: An order to do something.
- CommageneAn ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom in northeastern Anatolia, modern Turkey, with a capital at Samosata.
- commafiedsimple past and past participle of commafy
- CommagenaAlternative form of Commagene: An ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom in northeastern Anatolia, modern Turkey, with a capital at Samosata.
- commaticHaving short clauses or sentences, often separated with commas
- commaundObsolete form of command: An order to do something.