macron
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), neuter form of μακρός (makrós, “long”) (English macro-).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: măkʹrŏn, mākʹrŏn, IPA(key): /ˈmækɹɒn/, /ˈmeɪkɹɒn/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪkɹɑn/, /ˈmækɹɑn/
- Hyphenation: ma‧cron
NounEdit
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macron (plural macrons or macra)
- (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]
- 1889, Rebecca S[mith] Pollard, A Complete Manual: Pollard’s Synthetic Method of Reading and Spelling. Designed to Accompany Synthetic Readers and Spellers, New York, N.Y.: American Book Company, OCLC 18708150, page 75:
- We say such words belong to a Long family, because of the long macron hat the vowels wear. Like the other twin o's, one hat is enough for both, for these twins are always found together.
- 1974, Floyd L. Moreland & Rita M. Fleischer, Latin: An Intensive Course, University of California Press, page 13:
- A macron is a mark placed above a long vowel to mark its quantity.
- 1986, Peter V. Jones; Keith C. Sidwell, “Introduction”, in Reading Latin, volume 1 (Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 2, general note 1:
- 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
The plural macra is rare.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
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Further readingEdit
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “macron”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- Macron (diacritic) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), neuter form of μακρός (makrós, “long”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
macron m (plural macrons, diminutive macrontje n)
HypernymsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
macron m (plural macrons)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek.
NounEdit
macron m (invariable)