circunflejo
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunˈflexo/ [θiɾ.kũɱˈfle.xo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siɾkunˈflexo/ [siɾ.kũɱˈfle.xo]
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: cir‧cun‧fle‧jo
Adjective
circunflejo (feminine circunfleja, masculine plural circunflejos, feminine plural circunflejas)
- circumflex
Noun
circunflejo m (plural circunflejos)
- circumflex
- Synonym: acento circunflejo
Further reading
- “circunflejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014