macron

See also: macrón, mácron, and Macron

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the Ancient Greek μακρόν ‎(makrón), neuter form of μακρός ‎(makrós, “long”) (English macro-).

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: măkʹrŏn, mākʹrŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈmækɹɒn/, /ˈmeɪkɹɒn/
• The pronunciation măkʹrŏn (with a short, rather than a long, a) is the one that is etymologically consistent in terms of vowel quantity; the α in μακρόν ‎(makrón) is pronounced short, as [a].

NounEdit

macron ‎(plural macrons or macra)

1. (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters. It usually is used to indicate that the pronunciation of the vowel is long; in Mandarin pinyin (Chinese), it indicates the first tone, e.g. chūzūchē.
   • 1986: Peter V. Jones and Keith C. Sidwell, Reading Latin: Grammar, vocabulary and exercises, Introduction — General notes (note 1), page 2 (22^nd printing (2007); Cambridge University Press; ISBN 9780521286220)

     All vowels are pronounced short unless marked with a ¯ (macron) over them. So observe different vowel length of ‘i ’ in, e.g., fīlia, etc. It may be helpful, but is not essential, to mark macra in your exercises.

Usage notesEdit

• macra is a rare plural.

AntonymsEdit

• breve, micron

Related termsEdit

• macro-

TranslationsEdit

short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark placed over a vowel

• Arabic: عَلَامَة اَلْمَدّ f ‎(ʿalāmat al-madd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長音符號, 长音符号 ‎(chángyīn fúhào), 長音符, 长音符 ‎(chángyīnfú)

• Dutch: macron (nl) c
• Finnish: pituusmerkki (fi)
• French: macron (fr) m
• German: Längenstrich m, Längestrich m, Makron (de) n, Verlängerungszeichen n
• Greek:

  Ancient: (ἡ) μακρά (προσῳδία) f ‎((hē) makrá (prosōidía))

• Hawaiian: kahakō
• Icelandic: lengdarmerki n
• Irish: macran m, macrón m

• Italian: macron m
• Japanese: マクロン ‎(makuron)
• Latin: signum productionis n
• Latvian: Garumzīme
• Lithuanian: brūkšnelis ?
• Maori: tohutō, pōtae, hahae
• Norwegian: makron n
• Persian: ماکرون ‎(mākron)
• Portuguese: mácron m, macro (pt) m
• Russian: макро́н (ru) m ‎(makrón)
• Spanish: macrón (es) m
• Swedish: streck (sv) n, makron (sv) n, längdstreck n
• Tahitian: tārava
• Tongan: toloi

See alsoEdit

• Macron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• breve
• solidus
• vinculum

ReferencesEdit

• “macron” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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DutchEdit

Wikipedia ^nl

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.krɔn/

• Audio

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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek μακρόν ‎(makrón), neuter form of μακρός ‎(makrós, “long”).

NounEdit

macron c ‎(plural macrons, diminutive macrontje n)

1. (orthography) macron

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (Paris)

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NounEdit

macron m ‎(plural macrons)

1. macron

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek

NounEdit

Wikipedia ^it

macron m ‎(invariable)

1. macron