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Plural of macron

regular plural

The plural of macron is macrons.

Forms of macron

Singularmacron /ˈmækɹɒn/
Pluralmacrons /ˈmækˌɹɒnz/
Countablecountable

Macrons in a sentence

  • Macrons are not used in order to accustom students to working with a macronless text and prepare them for the AP Examination which does not include them.2005, American Classical League, The Classical Outlook, Volume 83, Issues 1-4, page 91. From the entry macronless

Meaning of macron

  1. noun A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long.

Full definition of macron

Questions about the plural of macron

What is the plural of macron?
The plural of macron is macrons.
Is macron countable?
Macron is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macron (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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