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Vinony

circumflex

noun

  1. diacritic in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/ / /ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/

adj

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

  1. Having a circumflex mark.

    “ê is e circumflex.”

  2. Curving around.

    “The circumflex coronary artery”

noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

  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.

verb

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

  1. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

    “to circumflex a syllable”

    “those words […]circumflexed on the last syllabe”

  2. To arch.

    “A venerable old man sitting in a chaire, with a severe aspect, wrinkled forehead, circumflex't eie-browes, great white curled beard.”