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macrons

/ˈmækˌɹɒnz/

macrons is the plural of macron.

Meaning of macron

Noun

macron (plural macrons or (rare) macra)

  1. A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long.
    • We say such words belong to a Long family, because of the long macron hat the vowels wear. Like the other twin o's, one hat is enough for both, for these twins are always found together.1889, Rebecca S[mith] Pollard, A Complete Manual: Pollard’s Synthetic Method of Reading and Spelling. Designed to Accompany Synthetic Readers and Spellers, New York, N.Y.: American Book Company...
    Antonyms:
    breve, micron

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Proper noun capitalized: Macrons

Macrons

  1. (plural) plural of Macron

Phrases with macrons

Questions about macrons

What is macrons the plural of?
Macrons is the plural of macron.
What part of speech is macrons?
Macrons is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce macrons?
Macrons is pronounced /ˈmækˌɹɒnz/.

Words near macrons in the dictionary

  1. macronodule
  2. macronodules
  3. macronova
  4. macronovae
  5. macronovas
  6. macrons
  7. macrons below
  8. macronuclear
  9. macronucleate
  10. macronuclei
  11. macronucleus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macrons (page history and authors); Macrons (page history and authors); macron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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