accent circonflexe

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• IPA^(key): /ak.sɑ̃ siʁ.kɔ̃.flɛks/

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accent circonflexe m (plural accents circonflexes)

1. circumflex (diacritic)

   Synonym: circonflexe

   Coordinate terms: accent aigu, accent grave

• chapeau, chapeau pointu, petit chapeau (child language)

• → Norwegian Bokmål: accent circonflexe

Borrowed from French accent circonflexe.

• IPA^(key): /akˈsaŋ.sɪrkɔŋˈflɛks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛks
• Hyphenation: ac‧cent‧cir‧con‧flexe

accent circonflexe m (definite singular accent circonflexen, indefinite plural accent circonflexer, definite plural accent circonflexene)

1. (orthography) a circumflex (a diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel or a consonant in the orthography or transliteration of many languages)

   Synonym: cirkumfleks

• accent aigu (“acute accent”) and accent grave (“grave accent”)

• circonflexe “accent circonflexe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “accent circonflexe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “cirkumfleks” in Store norske leksikon