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Word: Circumflex
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin circumflexus (from circum ‘around, about’ + flectere ‘to bend’), translating Greek perispōmenos ‘drawn around’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsəːkəmflɛks
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a mark (^) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate contraction, length, or a particular quality.
Short Definition:mark (^) placed over vowel in some languages to indicate contraction
Variant Forms:
- circumflex accent
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