macron

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English - English
A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark placed over a vowel. It usually is used to indicate that the pronunciation of the vowel is long, in Mandarin pinyin (Chinese), it indicates the first tone, e.g. chūzūchē

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.

The horizontal line above a vowel to symbolize a long sound
a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
{i} horizontal line placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound (Phonetics)
A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, ā, in dāme; ē, in sēam, etc
A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark placed over a vowel. It usually is used to indicate that the pronunciation of the vowel is long
macrons
plural of macron
macron

    Hyphenation

    ma·cron

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'mA-"krän, 'ma-, -kr& ] (noun.) 1851. From the Ancient Greek μακρόν (makron), neuter form of μακρός (makros, “long”).
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