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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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circumplex

English

Etymology

circum- +? -plex

Noun

circumplex (plural circumplexes)

  1. A graphical representation, using polar coordinates, of the interactions of a central entity

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