Expertlatin
What does circumflex accent mean?
What is the circumflex accent? Indicated by the sign ^, it is placed over a vowel to show that the vowel or syllable containing it must be pronounced in a certain way. In French, the vowel so marked has a certain grave and long sound quality.
What is circumflex in latin?
The circumflex (◌̂) is a diacritic in the Latin and Greek scripts that is also used in the written forms of many languages and in various romanization and transcription schemes. It received its English name from Latin: circumflexus "bent around"—a translation of the Greek: περισπωμένη (perispōménē).
What is the unaccented symbol?
The backward-leaning grave accent ( ˋ ) is in contrast to the acute accent. It is a mark that is often used to indicate an unaccented syllable or a lower inflection, as French-derived à la carte, pied-à-terre, or crème.
