(also circumflex accent) noun
the mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the o in role
compareACUTEACCENT, GRAVE, TILDE, UMLAUT
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of circumflex come from?
This entry for circumflex is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does circumflex appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — circumflex appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
