inverted hat
inverted hat noun: a háček.
Noun
inverted hat (plural inverted hats)
- A háček.
- In Russian the dentals t, d, s and the velars k, g, x become palatalized to č, ž, š […]. (The inverted hat (haček) represents palatalization.)1982, Paul Kiparsky, Explanation in Phonology, page 124
- I’m using PC SAS and would like to get the symbol for infinity in the title of my output. […] When I [hold down the Alt key and enter 236] with SAS, it shows up correctly onscreen; but when it’s printed out, I get an ‘s’ with an inverted hat over it.1995 April 30th, Ron Meisenheimer, comp.soft-sys.sas, “ASCII chars and SAS titles”, message 1
- = breve
- evangeʹlical (-nj-) […] The…‘a’ has an inverted hat again; the ‘e’ and ‘i’ in ‘geli’ have inverted hats, making them short.1997 October 1st, Ian James Abbott, uk.media.animation.anime, “EVA”, message 26
- The Gullimots [under latin-1] become T and t with inverted hats under Latin-2, oe and G with an inverted hat under Latin-3.2002 November 5th, Richard Proctor, perl.perl6.language, “Re: Unicode operators [Was: Re: UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ, demos]”, message 73
Forms of inverted hat
| plural | inverted hats |
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Origin of inverted hat
From its shape, supposed to resemble the profile of a hat turned upside-down.
Questions about inverted hat
- What does inverted hat mean?
- Inverted hat means a háček.
- What part of speech is inverted hat?
- Inverted hat is a noun.
- What is the plural of inverted hat?
- The plural of inverted hat is inverted hats.
Words near inverted hat in the dictionary
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