circumflex
noun/ˈsɜːkəmfleks/
/ˈsɜːrkəmfleks/
(also circumflex accent)
- the mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the o in rôle compare acute accent, grave2, tilde, umlautTopics Languagec2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin circumflexus (from circum ‘around, about’ + flectere ‘to bend’), translating Greek perispōmenos ‘drawn around’.
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