Translations for macron in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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

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macron

signo diacrítico que indica que la vocal es larga

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

Its actual origin remains obscure, but some have suggested that it may derive from a fusion of caret and macron. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

The long vowel is marked with a macron in these examples. 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

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

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

The macron itself never became an official letter. en.wikipedia.org

This transcription shows vowel length by adding a macron above the long vowel:. en.wikipedia.org

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