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macron
[ mey-kron, mak-ron ]
noun
- a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (膩) in fate (蹿腻迟).
macron
/ 藞尘忙办谤蓲苍 /
noun
- a diacritical mark (炉) placed over a letter, used in prosody, in the orthography of some languages, and in several types of phonetic respelling systems, to represent a long vowel
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of macron1
Example Sentences
鈥淥nce you grasp the vowels, you can get your tongue around most of the words 鈥 long sounds, short sounds, the macron,鈥 the horizontal line above a vowel that indicates a stressed syllable, he said.
But according to observers, macron's un speech, in which he accused Russia of a modern-day imperialism and urged developing nations to side against Moscow, marked a shift in tone.
From individual tartlets topped with seasonal fruit to chocolate eclairs, plus layer cakes, napoleons, macrons and quiche, there鈥檚 something to satisfy anyone.
Many protesters slammed the French media for portraying the protests as led by violent agitators and for siding with macrons government.
鈥淎nd then I had seen someone else put the macron over a vowel in their name, so that鈥檚 how that happened.鈥
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