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◌̆

◌̆ letter: the breve, used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'short' sound: ⟨ă⟩ /æ/, ⟨ĕ⟩ /ɛ/, ⟨ĭ⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨ŏ⟩ /ɒ/, ⟨ŭ⟩ /ʌ/.

Letter

  1. (diacritic) The breve, used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'short' sound: ⟨ă⟩ /æ/, ⟨ĕ⟩ /ɛ/, ⟨ĭ⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨ŏ⟩ /ɒ/, ⟨ŭ⟩ /ʌ/.
  2. (diacritic) Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is short. Also used alone to mark a syllable without stress in a metrical foot or verse: see ⟨˘⟩.

Questions about ◌̆

What does ◌̆ mean?
◌̆ means the breve, used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'short' sound: ⟨ă⟩ /æ/, ⟨ĕ⟩ /ɛ/, ⟨ĭ⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨ŏ⟩ /ɒ/, ⟨ŭ⟩ /ʌ/.
What part of speech is ◌̆?
◌̆ is a letter.

Words near ◌̆ in the dictionary

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

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