cirkumflekso

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), a calque of Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): [t͡sirkumˈflekso]
  • Rhymes: -ekso
  • Hyphenation: cir‧kum‧flek‧so

Noun

cirkumflekso (accusative singular cirkumflekson, plural cirkumfleksoj, accusative plural cirkumfleksojn)

  1. circumflex (diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a letter to change its pronunciation)
    Synonym: ĉapelo
    La Esperanta alfabeto enhavas kvin literojn kun cirkumflekso: ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ kaj ŝ.
    The Esperanto alphabet has five letters with a circumflex: ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ and ŝ.
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