ma·cron (m  kr n , -kr n, m krn)n. 1. A diacritical mark placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound or phonetic value in pronunciation, such as ( ) in the word make.2. The horizontal mark ( ¯ ) used to indicate a stressed or long syllable in a foot of verse. [Greek makron, from neuter of makros, long; see m k- in Indo-European roots.] |
macron [ˈmækrɒn]
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a diacritical mark (¯) placed over a letter, used in prosody, in the orthography of some languages, and in several types of phonetic respelling systems, to represent a long vowel
[from Greek makron something long, from makros long]
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| Noun | 1. | macron - a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
Translations
macron
n (Typ) → Querbalken m, → Längezeichen nt
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