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◌̄

◌̄ letter: used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'long' sound: ⟨ā⟩ /eɪ/, ⟨ē⟩ /iː/, ⟨ī⟩ /aɪ/, ⟨ō⟩ /oʊ/, ⟨ū⟩ /juː/.

Letter

  1. (diacritic) Used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'long' sound: ⟨ā⟩ /eɪ/, ⟨ē⟩ /iː/, ⟨ī⟩ /aɪ/, ⟨ō⟩ /oʊ/, ⟨ū⟩ /juː/.
  2. (diacritic) Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is long. Also used alone to mark stress in a metrical foot or verse: see ⟨ˉ⟩.

Questions about ◌̄

What does ◌̄ mean?
◌̄ means used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'long' sound: ⟨ā⟩ /eɪ/, ⟨ē⟩ /iː/, ⟨ī⟩ /aɪ/, ⟨ō⟩ /oʊ/, ⟨ū⟩ /juː/.
What part of speech is ◌̄?
◌̄ is a letter.

Words near ◌̄ in the dictionary

  1. ∆
  2. ∆s
  3. ◌̀
  4. ◌́
  5. ◌̂
  6. ◌̄
  7. ◌̆
  8. ◌̈
  9. ◌̧
  10. ◌͝◌
  11. ◌͞◌

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