English-Thai Dictionary

circumflex

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CIRCUMFLEX

n.In grammar, an accent serving to note or distinguish a syllable of an intermediate sound between acute and grave. It is a kind of undulation in the voice, but not used in English.

 

CIRCUMFLEX

v.t.To mark or pronounce with the accent called a circumflex.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CIRCUMFLEX

Cir "cum *flex, n. Etym: [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible. ]

 

1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. Walker.

 

2. A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or Accent, n., 2.

 

CIRCUMFLEX

Cir "cum *flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n.Circumflexing.]

 

Defn: To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.

 

CIRCUMFLEX

Cir "cum *flex, a. Etym: [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.]

 

1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.

 

2. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

 

CIRCUMFLEXION

CIRCUMFLEXION Cir `cum *flex "ion, n.

 

1. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.

 

2. A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

circumflex

cir cum flex |ˈsərkəmˌfleks ˈsərkəmˌflɛks | ▶noun (also circumflex accent ) a mark (^) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate contraction, length, or pitch or tone. ▶adjective Anatomy bending around something else; curved: circumflex coronary arteries. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin circumflexus (from circum ‘around, about ’ + flectere ‘to bend ’), translating Greek perispōmenos ‘drawn around. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

circumflex

circumflex |ˈsəːkəmflɛks | ▶noun (also circumflex accent ) a mark (^) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate contraction, length, or a particular quality. ▶adjective Anatomy bending round something else; curved: circumflex coronary arteries. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin circumflexus (from circum ‘around, about ’ + flectere ‘to bend ’), translating Greek perispōmenos ‘drawn around ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

circumflex

cir cum flex /sə́ː r kəmflèks /名詞 C 曲折アクセント記号 (circumflex accent ) 〘フランス語などで母音の上に付け長さ 音質などを示す; ^など 〙.形容詞 曲折アクセント記号のある [で発音される ].