circumflex
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
circumflex (plural circumflexes)
- 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.
- Synonym: circumflex accent
Translations[edit]
circumflex accent
Adjective[edit]
circumflex
- Having a circumflex mark.
- ê is e circumflex.
- Curving around.
- The circumflex coronary artery
Translations[edit]
with circumflex accent
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curving around
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Verb[edit]
circumflex (third-person singular simple present circumflexes, present participle circumflexing, simple past and past participle circumflexed)
- To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
- to circumflex a syllable
- 1791, John Walker, Critical Pronouncing Dictionary:
- those words […] circumflexed on the last syllabe
Translations[edit]
to mark or pronounce with circumflex
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Further reading[edit]
circumflex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin circumflexus or French circonflexe.
Adjective[edit]
circumflex m or n (feminine singular circumflexă, masculine plural circumflecși, feminine and neuter plural circumflexe)
Declension[edit]
Declension of circumflex
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | circumflex | circumflexă | circumflecși | circumflexe | ||
definite | circumflexul | circumflexa | circumflecșii | circumflexele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | circumflex | circumflexe | circumflecși | circumflexe | ||
definite | circumflexului | circumflexei | circumflecșilor | circumflexelor |
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