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circumflex

noun
/ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/UK/ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/US

Etymology

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

  1. learned borrowing from circumflexus — “bent about”

Definitions

  1. A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many…

    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. Having a circumflex mark.

    • ê is e circumflex.

  3. Curving around.

    • The circumflex coronary artery
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA