MACRON


Meaning of MACRON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmā-ˌkrän, ˈma-, -krən ]

noun

Etymology: Greek makron, neuter of makros long

Date: 1851

: a mark - placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long or placed over a syllable or used alone to indicate a stressed or long syllable in a metrical foot

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