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MACRON
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("macron" is a kind of...):
diacritic; diacritical mark (a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation)