circumflex

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.

Adj

1. Having a circumflex mark.
2. Curving around.

Verb

1. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
2. (obsolete) To arch.

Conceptes

circumflex

accent circumflex

Sinònims

arcuate

caret

hat

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Traduccions

circonflexe

accent circonflexe

circunflexo

Zirkumflex

circunflejo

acento circunflexo

samentrekkingsteken

circumflex

acentocircunflexo

circunflesso

circonflesso

accent circonflexe

kapje

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).