◌̂

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See also: ^ [U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ˆ [U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ◌᷍◌, and Appendix:Variations of "^"

◌̂ U+0302, ̂
COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
◌́
[U+0301]
Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̃
[U+0303]

Translingual

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◌̂

  1. (IPA) Falling tone.
  2. (IPA, obsolete) Dipping (falling–rising) tone.
  3. (UPA) Extra long vowel (e.g. â) or consonant (e.g.  ); cf. ◌̄.
  4. (Lithuanian dialectology) Marks a stressed syllable with "broken tone".
  5. (linear algebra) Used to indicate a unit vector.
    Coordinate term: ◌⃗
  6. (statistics) Used to denote an estimator or an estimated value.
  7. (geometry) Used for an angle.

Further reading

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English

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◌̂

  1. Retained in foreign loan words (mostly French): château, crème brûlée, crêpe, maître d', mêlée, papier-mâché, rôle, tête-à-tête.

Esperanto

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◌̂

  1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called ĉapelo (hat) in Esperanto, and found on Ĉ/ĉ, Ĝ/ĝ, Ĥ/ĥ, Ĵ/ĵ and Ŝ/ŝ.

French

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◌̂

  1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent circonflexe (circumflex accent) in French, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.

Hokkien

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◌̂

  1. Represents the fifth tone of Taiwanese Hokkien in Pe̍h-ōe-jī.

Japanese

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◌̂

  1. (romanization) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called サーカムフレックス (circumflex) in Japanese, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.

Usage notes

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In a number of romanization systems of Japanese, particularly Kunrei-shiki, the circumflex indicates that a vowel is a long vowel.

Other romanization systems, particularly Hepburn, use the macron (an uppermost horizontal line: ¯) for that purpose.

Ligurian

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◌̂

  1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acénto circonflèsso (circumflex accent) in Ligurian, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.
    1. Used to denote a stressed or unstressed /aː/, /eː/, /iː/, /uː/, /yː/

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Portuguese

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◌̂

  1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento circunflexo (circumflex accent) in Portuguese, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê and Ô/ô.

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Romanian

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◌̂

  1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent circumflex (circumflex accent) in Romanian, and found on Â/â and Î/î.

Vietnamese

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◌̂

  1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called dấu mũ (hat mark) in Vietnamese, and found on Â/â, /, /, /, /, /, Ê/ê, /, /, /, /ế, /, Ô/ô, /, /, /, / and /.

Usage notes

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In Vietnamese handwriting and signmaking, this diacritical mark often appears curved, similar to an inverted breve.

Welsh

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◌̂

  1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acen grom (curved accent) in Welsh, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô, Û/û, Ŵ/ŵ and Ŷ/ŷ.

Yoruba

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◌̂

  1. (obsolete) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (falling-tone mark). Formerly used to indicate falling-tone, now written as ◌́ followed by ◌̀

See also

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tone marks