circumflex accent

Noun

Meaning

circumflex accent (plural circumflex accents)

Synonym of circumflex

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

caret

Examples

Diacritics Three kinds of diacritic were in common use: the acute accent ´, the grave accent `, and the circumflex accent ˆ. These were normally only marked on vowels (e.g. í, è, â); but see below regarding que. Source: Internet

The acute accent (á, é, í, ó, ú) or circumflex accent (â, ê, î, ô, û, ŷ) marks long vowels in the Elvish languages. Source: Internet

The circumflex accent represented metrical length (generally not distinctively pronounced in the New Latin period) and was chiefly found over an a representing an ablative singular case, e.g. eâdem formâ "with the same shape". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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