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circumflex

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek ???????????? (perisp?menos, “drawn around”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??.k?m?fl?ks/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?s?.k?m?fl?ks/

Noun

circumflex (plural circumflexes)

  1. 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

Adjective

circumflex

  1. Having a circumflex mark.
    ê is e circumflex.
  2. Curving around.
    The circumflex coronary artery

Translations

Verb

circumflex (third-person singular simple present circumflexes, present participle circumflexing, simple past and past participle circumflexed)

  1. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

Translations

Further reading

  • circumflex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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circumflect

English

Verb

circumflect (third-person singular simple present circumflects, present participle circumflecting, simple past and past participle circumflected)

  1. (transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
  2. To bend around.

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  • what does circumflex mean
  • what is circumflex artery
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  • what does circumflex mean in french
  • what is circumflex accent
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