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Macron   Listen
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Macron  n.  (Pron.) A short, straight, horizontal mark (-), placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound.
Synonyms: macrotone.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Macron" Quotes from Famous Books



... includes a pronunciation of the Anglo-Saxon names in the text. These include some characters with diacritical marks. These are shown as [x] for a character with a macron (straight line) above it, and as [)x] for a character with a breve (u-shaped symbol) above it. Also used is the accute accent ('). If this does not display properly, you may need to adjust your ...
— Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race • Maud Isabel Ebbutt



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