Translations for macron in the English»Italian Dictionary

macron [Brit ˈmakrɒn, Am ˈmeɪˌkrɑn, ˈmæˌkrɑn, ˈmeɪkrən] N

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macron

= segno di vocale lunga

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English

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

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

Since its inception the boundaries have been left largely unaltered, though after the 2007 boundary review a macron was added to the name, and it is now spelt "taki". en.wikipedia.org

An example is, which in modern rendition would be "lci a fili", with a macron rather than apex to indicate vowel length. en.wikipedia.org

Elongated vowels are usually denoted with a line over the vowel (a macron) in rmaji, a repeated vowel character in hiragana, or a chonpu succeeding the vowel in katakana. en.wikipedia.org

It marks some consonants using diacritics (underdot, macron below, and caron) rather than digraphs, and writes long vowels with macrons. en.wikipedia.org

Representing the long vowels, they are typically transcribed with a macron today. en.wikipedia.org

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

The macron has become the generally accepted device for marking long vowels ("hngi"), but double vowel letters have also been used ("haangi"). en.wikipedia.org

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

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