inverted circumflex
inverted circumflex · inverted circumflexes
A dipping toneA dipping tone.
Meaning
3 sensesA dipping tone.
Any diacritic obtained by rotating a circumflex (ˆ) 180°.
(informal)A háček.
Origin
From its earliest attested use as an idiomatic phrase in 1810, inverted circumflex was firFrom its earliest attested use as an idiomatic phrase in 1810, inverted circumflex was first used to denote a dipping tone — an inversion of the peaking tone denoted by ⟨῀⟩, the Ancient Greek περισπωμένη (perispōménē), commonly translated as “circumflex” — thence the name was applied to diacritics which marked such a dipping tone and, by extension, other tones to which it was suited; finally, due to such a diacritic’s resemblance to the háček, the name came to be applied to it as well.
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Forms
plural: inverted circumflexes| Singular | inverted circumflex |
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regular