Circumflex Definition
sûrkəm-flĕks
noun
A mark (^ or ~) used over certain vowel letters in the orthography of some languages to indicate a specific sound or quality, or used in certain systems of symbols for representing speech sounds: in modern use, as in French, the form (^) is the most common.
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adjective
Of, with, or marked by a circumflex.
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Having this mark.
ê is e circumflex.
Wiktionary
Bending around; curved.
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verb
To bend around; curve.
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To write with a circumflex.
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Other Word Forms of Circumflex
Noun
Singular:
circumflex
Plural:
circumflexesOrigin of Circumflex
From Latin circumflexus bent around, circumflex past participle of circumflectere to bend around circum- circum- flectere to bend
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), which is the past participle of circumflectere and a calque of Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispómenos, “drawn around”).
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