circumflex

Word family nouncircumflexcircumflexionverbcircumflect

Related topics: Letters & punctuation

cir·cum·flex /ˈsɜːkəmfleks $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [countableC]

SLAa mark placed above a letter in various languages such as French, for example ô 〔标在法文元音字母上的〕音调符号

Examples from the Corpus

circumflex• Slavic cheekbones caught the gentle light; one eyebrow was incomplete but the other was angled like a circumflex.

Origin circumflex

(1500-1600) Latin past participle of circumflectere “to bend around”, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + flectere “to bend”

单词	circumflex
释义	circumflex Word family nouncircumflexcircumflexionverbcircumflect Related topics: Letters & punctuation cir·cum·flex /ˈsɜːkəmfleks $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [countableC] SLAa mark placed above a letter in various languages such as French, for example ô 〔标在法文元音字母上的〕音调符号 Examples from the Corpus circumflex• Slavic cheekbones caught the gentle light; one eyebrow was incomplete but the other was angled like a circumflex. Origin circumflex (1500-1600) Latin past participle of circumflectere “to bend around”, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + flectere “to bend”
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