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MACRON
MACRON, also less formally stroke, bar. A traditional DIACRITIC in the form of a horizontal bar over a VOWEL letter (¯), to show that it is long (as in some renderings of LATIN and MAORI words). From its use in classical scansion to indicate a long syllable, it has come to indicate in English scansion that the syllable in which it occurs is stressed (contrasting with the BREVE). Similarly, the macron has been used over vowel symbols in the RESPELLING systems of English dictionaries and in teaching grammars to mark traditional ‘long’ vowels, which include diphthongs. See LENGTH MARK.
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TOM McARTHUR. "MACRON." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "MACRON." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-MACRON.html TOM McARTHUR. "MACRON." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-MACRON.html |
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macron
ma·cron / ˈmāˌkrän; ˈmak-; ˈmākrən/ • n. a written or printed mark (¯)used to indicate a long vowel in some languages and phonetic transcription systems, or a stressed vowel in verse. |
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"macron." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "macron." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-macron.html "macron." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-macron.html |
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macron
macron horizontal mark ¯ placed over a vowel sign to denote length. XIX. — Gr. makrón, n. of makrós MACRO-.
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T. F. HOAD. "macron." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "macron." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-macron.html T. F. HOAD. "macron." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-macron.html |
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macron
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"macron." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "macron." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-macron.html "macron." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-macron.html |
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