macron

[ mey-kron, mak-ron ]

/ ˈmeɪ krɒn, ˈmæk rɒn /

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noun

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).

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Origin of macron

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

Words nearby macron

macromolecule, macromonocyte, macromutant, macromutation, macromyeloblast, macron, macronormoblast, macronucleate, macronucleus, macronutrient, macronychia

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How to use macron in a sentence

PARIS — At 36, Emmanuel Macron, France's new Economy Minister, is remarkably young.
This Scary-Smart New Minister of Economy Might Just Turn France Around|Tracy McNicoll|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Macron excelled at France's elite schools, including the civil-servant powerhouse Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
This Scary-Smart New Minister of Economy Might Just Turn France Around|Tracy McNicoll|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Precocious even in his private life, Macron does not have children of his own but, at 36, he is a grandfather.
This Scary-Smart New Minister of Economy Might Just Turn France Around|Tracy McNicoll|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Combinations such as (y with breve and macron) or (o with under-dot and macron) may not display as intended in all browsers.
King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady|Various

This book contains Unicode characters, such as c (c with combining macron).
The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office|Mary E. Woolley
Pandecges with macron on second a: the vowel is broad, as in father.
Three in Norway|James Arthur Lees
Ptolemy Macron, who alone spoke in favour of peaceful measures, could gain no hearing.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
This book contains a large number of characters with a macron (straight line) over them.
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs|Stanley Lane-Poole

British Dictionary definitions for macron

macron

/ (ˈmækrɒn) /

noun

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

Word Origin for macron

C19: from Greek makron something long, from makros long

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