circumflex
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
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
Derived terms
Translations
circumflex accent
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Adjective
circumflex
- Having a circumflex mark.
- ê is e circumflex.
- Curving around.
- The circumflex coronary artery
Translations
with circumflex accent
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curving around
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Verb
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
- (obsolete) To arch.
- 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 105:
- A venerable old man sitting in a chaire, with a severe aspect, wrinkled forehead, circumflex't eie-browes, great white curled beard.
Translations
to mark or pronounce with circumflex
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Further reading
- circumflex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus.
Derived terms
- anticircumflex
Further reading
- “circumflex” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “circumflex” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumflexus or French circonflexe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈfleks/
Adjective
circumflex m or n (feminine singular circumflexă, masculine plural circumflecși, feminine and neuter plural circumflexe)
Declension
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 |
Further reading
- circumflex in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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