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circumflex

/ˈsʌrkəmˌflɛks/
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Other forms: circumflexes

Definitions of circumflex
  1. noun
    a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
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    type of:
    diacritic, diacritical mark
    a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
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