circumflex

About 0.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
2. adjective Having a circumflex mark.

   ê is e circumflex.

3. adjective Curving around.

   The circumflex coronary artery

4. verb To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

   to circumflex a syllable

5. verb To arch.

Similar words

caron humeral tilde acute accent diacritical breve inverted circumflex diacritic diacritical mark circumflex accent

Often followed by

artery iliac coronary femoral accent nerve branch humeral arteries

Word family

circumflexes