"macron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmækɹɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmeɪkɹɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmeɪkɹɑn/ [General-American], /ˈmækɹɑn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-macron.wav [Southern-England] Forms: macrons [plural], macra [plural, rare]
enPR: măkʹrŏn Etymology: From Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), neuter form of μακρός (makrós, “long”) (English macro-). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂ḱ-}}, {{der|en|grc|μακρόν}} Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), {{m|grc|μακρός||long}} μακρός (makrós, “long”), {{cog|en|macro-}} English macro- Head templates: {{en-noun|s|macra|pl2qual=rare}} macron (plural macrons or (rare) macra)
  1. (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. Wikipedia link: en:Macron_(diacritic) Categories (topical): Diacritical marks, Orthography Derived forms: macron below Related terms: macro- Translations (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark): μακρά (alt: προσῳδία) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), عَلَامَة اَلْمَدّ (alt: ʕalāma(t) al-madd) [feminine] (Arabic), màcron [masculine] (Catalan), 長音符號 (Chinese Mandarin), 长音符号 (chángyīn fúhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 長音符 (Chinese Mandarin), 长音符 (chángyīnfú) (Chinese Mandarin), makron [masculine] (Czech), macron [common-gender] (Dutch), superstreko (Esperanto), pituusmerkki (Finnish), macron [masculine] (French), macrón [masculine] (Galician), მაკრონი (maḳroni) (Georgian), ხმოვნის ხანგრძლივობის ნიშანი (xmovnis xangrʒlivobis nišani) (Georgian), ხმოვნის სიგრძის აღმნიშვნელი ნიშანი (xmovnis sigrʒis aɣmnišvneli nišani) (Georgian), Längenstrich [masculine] (German), Längestrich [masculine] (German), Makron [neuter] (German), Verlängerungszeichen [neuter] (German), kahakō (Hawaiian), makron (Hungarian), hosszúságjel (Hungarian), vonal [informal] (Hungarian), lengdarmerki [neuter] (Icelandic), macran [masculine] (Irish), macrón [masculine] (Irish), macron [masculine] (Italian), マクロン (makuron) (Japanese), signum productionis [neuter] (Latin), garumzīme [feminine] (Latvian), brūkšnelis (Lithuanian), tohutō (Maori), pōtae (Maori), hahae (Maori), makron [neuter] (Norwegian), ماکرون (mâkron) (Persian), makron [masculine] (Polish), mácron [masculine] (Portuguese), macro [masculine] (Portuguese), макро́н (makrón) [masculine] (Russian), macrón [masculine] (Spanish), streck [neuter] (Swedish), makron [neuter] (Swedish), längdstreck [neuter] (Swedish), tārava (Tahitian), toloi (Tongan)

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          "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
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        {
          "ref": "1974, Floyd L. Moreland, Rita M. Fleischer, Latin: An Intensive Course, University of California Press, page 13",
          "text": "A macron is a mark placed above a long vowel to mark its quantity.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Peter V. Jones, Keith C. Sidwell, “Introduction”, in Reading Latin, volumes 1 (Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 2, general note 1",
          "text": "All vowels are pronounced short unless marked with a ¯ (macron) over them. So observe different vowel length of ‘i ’ in, e.g., fīlia, etc. It may be helpful, but is not essential, to mark macra in your exercises.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orthography",
          "orthography"
        ],
        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ],
        [
          "horizontal",
          "horizontal"
        ],
        [
          "diacritical mark",
          "diacritical mark"
        ],
        [
          "◌̄",
          "¯"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "pronunciation",
          "pronunciation"
        ],
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long vowel#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "orthography",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:Macron_(diacritic)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmækɹɒn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪkɹɒn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪkɹɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmækɹɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "măkʹrŏn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "ʕalāma(t) al-madd",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عَلَامَة اَلْمَدّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "màcron"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "長音符號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chángyīn fúhào",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "长音符号"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "長音符"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chángyīnfú",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "长音符"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "makron"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "macron"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "superstreko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "pituusmerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macron"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maḳroni",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "მაკრონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xmovnis xangrʒlivobis nišani",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "ხმოვნის ხანგრძლივობის ნიშანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xmovnis sigrʒis aɣmnišvneli nišani",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "ხმოვნის სიგრძის აღმნიშვნელი ნიშანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Längenstrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Längestrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Makron"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Verlängerungszeichen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "προσῳδία",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μακρά"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "kahakō"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "makron"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "hosszúságjel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "vonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lengdarmerki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macron"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "makuron",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "マクロン"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "signum productionis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garumzīme"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "brūkšnelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "tohutō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "pōtae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "hahae"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "makron"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâkron",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "ماکرون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "makron"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mácron"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "makrón",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "макро́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "streck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "makron"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "längdstreck"
    },
    {
      "code": "ty",
      "lang": "Tahitian",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "tārava"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark",
      "word": "toloi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macron"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": (hē) makrá (prosōidía) vs. ἡ",
  "path": [
    "macron"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "macron",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": ἡ vs. προσῳδία",
  "path": [
    "macron"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "macron",
  "trace": ""
}

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