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mac·ron [ˈmækrɒn, Am ˈmeɪkrɑ:n] N (in phonetics)

macron

Längezeichen nt

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English

Vowel length in old or dialectal pronunciation is indicated by a macron. en.wikipedia.org

The macron is used to write the voiced velar plosive and the velar nasal. en.wikipedia.org

The two irregularities with the macron are, read as, and, read as. en.wikipedia.org

A long or stressed vowel is written with a macron (a diacritic placed above a vowel). en.wikipedia.org

A macron was generally used to indicate a long vowel. en.wikipedia.org

Acute, grave, and macron/tilde accents can be used to mark stress and vowel length. en.wikipedia.org

Other languages used the macron over an n or m to indicate simple doubling. en.wikipedia.org

Long vowels are indicated with macron diacritics: long "o" is thus. en.wikipedia.org

In the first, vowel length is consistently distinguished with a macron above the letter, while in the latter it is not clearly indicated. en.wikipedia.org

These are conventionally denoted with a macron, while the original long vowels are denoted with a circumflex. en.wikipedia.org

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