circumflex
cir·cum·flex / ˈsərkəmˌfleks/ • n. (also circumflex accent) a mark (^) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate contraction, length, or pitch or tone.• adj. Anat. bending around something else; curved: circumflex coronary arteries.
CIRCUMFLEX
CIRCUMFLEX. A DIACRITIC placed over vowel symbols. It has three possible forms: angled (∧), rounded (∩), or waved (˜). In classical Greek, the circumflex marks a rise/fall in pitch; in French, it may indicate vowel quality (often due to the loss of a phoneme or syllable). It occurs in English only in unaltered loans from French: gîte; dépˆt as opposed to depot. See ACCENT.
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