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| cir·cum·flex [ súrkəm flèks ] (plural cir·cum·flex·es) or cir·cum·flex ac·cent [ sùrkəm flèks ák sent ] (plural cir·cum·flex ac·cents) |
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accent over letter: in some languages, a mark (^) placed above a letter to indicate a specific pronunciation, usually different from that of the unaccented letter, or a contraction. Circumflexes may be written over vowels as in French or over consonants as in Esperanto.
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| [Late 16th century. < Latin circumflexus, past participle of circumflectere "bend around" < flectere "bend"] |
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