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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumflex
Cir′cum-flex
,Noun.
[L.
circumflexus
a bending round, fr. circumflectere
, circumflexum
, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere
to bend. See Flexible
.] 1.
A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
Walker.
2.
A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or [GREEK]]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [[GREEK] or ^]. See , 2.
Accent
, Noun.
Cir′cum-flex
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Circumflexed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Circumflexing
.] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
Walker.
Cir′cum-flex
,Adj.
[Cf. L.
circumflexus
, p. p.] 1.
Moving or turning round; circuitous.
[R.]
Swift.
2.
(Anat.)
Curved circularly; – applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumflex
CIRCUMFLEX
,Noun.
CIRCUMFLEX
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
circumflex
circumflex
English
Noun
circumflex (plural circumflexes)
- (orthography) a diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in certain languages to change its pronunciation; also used in combination with certain consonants in Esperanto to create additional letters
Translations
circumflex accent
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Adjective
circumflex
- having a circumflex mark
- ê is e circumflex.
- curving around
- The circumflex coronary artery
Translations
with circumflex accent
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curving around
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Verb
circumflex (third-person singular simple present circumflexes, present participle circumflexing, simple past and past participle circumflexed)
- to mark or pronounce with a circumflex
- to circumflex a syllable
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