circunflejo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunˈflexo/ [θiɾ.kũɱˈfle.xo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkunˈflexo/ [siɾ.kũɱˈfle.xo]
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: cir‧cun‧fle‧jo
Adjective
[edit]circunflejo (feminine circunfleja, masculine plural circunflejos, feminine plural circunflejas)
Noun
[edit]circunflejo m (plural circunflejos)
- circumflex
- Synonym: acento circunflejo
Further reading
[edit]- “circunflejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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