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)

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