[…] the more conventional semivocalic j and the caret (ˇ) respectively.
Source: wiktionary
Caret
//ˈkæɹ.ɪt//
Synonyms for "caret" (5 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 11 languages.
Czech
2 entries- stříška noun (symbol)
- vynechávka v rukopise noun (symbol)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉapelo noun (symbol)
Finnish
1 entries- sirkumfleksi noun (symbol)
French
1 entries- circonflexe noun (symbol)
German
4 entries- Dach noun (symbol)
- Einfügezeichen noun (symbol)
- Einschaltungszeichen noun (symbol)
- Exponent-Operator noun (symbol)
Hungarian
4 entries- beszúrási jel noun (symbol)
- beszúrásjel noun (symbol)
- betoldásjel noun (symbol)
- hatványjel noun (symbol)
Malayalam
1 entries- പാടിനി noun (symbol)
Māori
2 entries- hiwi noun (symbol)
- tohu hiwi noun (symbol)
Portuguese
1 entries- acento circunflexo noun (symbol)
Spanish
1 entries- signo de intercalación noun (symbol)
Turkish
1 entries- düzeltme imi noun (symbol)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound. The caret (ˇ) is also used over the vowel e (See Pronunciation II, b, p, v).
Source: wiktionary
In contemporary Czech, the “hook” or caret is no longer in use for lower-case t and d when the latter are palatal; instead, an apostrophe is used (t’, d’) This development is clearly connected with the practical difficulty encountered in printing a caret over letter stems that are too thin.
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