MACRON


Meaning of MACRON in English

/may"kron, mak"ron/ , n.

a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as /ay/ in fate /fayt/ .

[ 1850-55; n. use of Gk makrón, neut. of makrós long. See MACRO- ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .