circumflex
Having a circumflex markHaving a circumflex mark.
UK/ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/US/ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/
» People that don't put a circumflex accent on "râler" piss me off.
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2 sensesHaving a circumflex mark.
ê is e circumflex.
Curving around.
The circumflex coronary artery
Examples
2 sentencesPeople that don't put a circumflex accent on "râler" piss me off.
The circumflex accent doesn't exist in Spanish.
Translations
5 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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