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Circumflex - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Circumflex : (noun)
1: a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some
languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Circumflex : \Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing.]
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Circumflex : \Cir"cum*flex\, a. [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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Circumflex : \Cir"cum*flex\, n. [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 ?];
and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and
contracted syllable, marked [? or ^]. See Accent, n., 2.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Circumflex : Circumflex: Curved like a bow. In anatomy, circumflex describes a structure that bends around like a bow. For example, the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery.
In linguistics, a circumflex is a caret-shaped mark (^) used over a vowel to indicate the pronunciation, length or the omission of a letter formerly pronounced. In French, it is called "un petit
chapeau" (a little hat).
Based on the Latin circumflexus, bent around, circumflex, past participle of circumflectere, to bend around : circum- _ flectere, to bend.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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