"◌̆" meaning in English

See ◌̆ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

  1. (lexicography) The breve, used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'short' sound: ⟨ă⟩ /æ/, ⟨ĕ⟩ /ɛ/, ⟨ĭ⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨ŏ⟩ /ɒ/, ⟨ŭ⟩ /ʌ/. Tags: diacritic Categories (topical): Lexicography, English diacritical marks
    Sense id: en-◌̆-en-character-igTAsidy Disambiguation of English diacritical marks: 48 52 Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
  2. (poetry) Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is short. Also used alone to mark a syllable without stress in a metrical foot or verse: see ⟨˘⟩. Tags: diacritic Categories (topical): Poetry, English diacritical marks
    Sense id: en-◌̆-en-character-CL3GN5Cd Disambiguation of English diacritical marks: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms in nonstandard scripts: 35 65 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

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