EuroLex/F/Circumflex accent


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: accent circonflexe - 1. a diacritic mark placed above a vowel to indicate the quality of pronunciation

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
It received its English name from Latin "circumflexus" (bent about) - a translation of the Greek ÏÎµÏÎ¹ÏÏÏÎ¼Î­Î½Î· (perispomene).

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