How to pronounce circumflex
American English pronunciation
SUR-kum-fleks
- IPA
- /ˈsɝkəmˌflɛks/
- Syllables
- SUR · kum · fleks (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What circumflex means
An accent mark like a small pointed roof over a letter
In a sentence: The French word for forest, forêt, has a circumflex over the e.
Where it comes from: It comes from Latin circumflexus, meaning bent around. The Latin word copied a Greek word meaning drawn around.
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