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    circumflex

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Letters & punctuation
    cir·cum·flex /ˈsɜːkəmfleks $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [countable]  SLAa mark placed above a letter in various languages such as French, for example ô 〔标在法文元音字母上的〕音调符号
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    circumflex• Slavic cheekbones caught the gentle light; one eyebrow was incomplete but the other was angled like a circumflex.    Origin circumflex (1500-1600) Latin past participle of circumflectere “to bend around”, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + flectere “to bend”
    cir·cum·flex nounChineseSyllable
    in mark Corpus languages letter various a a above placed


    circumflex
    cir‧cum‧flex /ˈsɜːkəmfleks $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: past participle of circumflectere 'to bend around', from circum- (CIRCUM-) + flectere 'to bend'
    a mark placed above a letter in various languages such as French, for example ô


    cir·cum·flexBrE /ˈsɜːkəmfleks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɜːrkəmfleks/ 🔊 (also ˌcircumflex ˈaccent) nounthe mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the o in rôle 音调符号（标在元音字母上表发音，如 rôle 一词中 o 字母上的符号）  ➡  compare acute accent, grave2, tilde, umlaut