macron

[ mey-kron, mak-ron ]

nounPhonetics, Orthography.
  1. a horizontal line used as a diacritic over a vowel to indicate that it has a long sound or other specified pronunciation, as (ā) in fate (fāt).

Origin of macron

1
1850–55; noun use of Greek makrón, neuter of makrós long. See macro-

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macron

/ (ˈmækrɒn) /


noun
  1. a diacritical mark (¯) placed over a letter, used in prosody, in the orthography of some languages, and in several types of phonetic respelling systems, to represent a long vowel

Origin of macron

1
C19: from Greek makron something long, from makros long

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