Circumflex
/ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.
- 2 a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality wordnet
Verb
- 1 To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
"to circumflex a syllable"
- 2 To arch. obsolete
"A venerable old man sitting in a chaire, with a severe aspect, wrinkled forehead, circumflex't eie-browes, great white curled beard."
Adjective
- 1 Having a circumflex mark.
"ê is e circumflex."
- 2 Curving around.
"The circumflex coronary artery"
Example
More examples"People that don't put a circumflex accent on "râler" piss me off."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).