circumflex
circumflex · circumflexes · circumflexed · circumflexing
To mark or pronounce with a circumflexTo mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
UK/ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/US/ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/
» People that don't put a circumflex accent on "râler" piss me off.
Meaning
2 sensesTo mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
to circumflex a syllable
(obsolete)To arch.
Examples
2 sentencesPeople that don't put a circumflex accent on "râler" piss me off.
The circumflex accent doesn't exist in Spanish.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισLearned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).
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Forms
circumflexes, circumflexing, circumflexed, circumflexed| Base form | circumflex · to circumflex |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | circumflexes |
| Present participle | circumflexing |
| Past simple | circumflexed |
| Past participle | circumflexed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle