EuroLex/F/Circumflex accent

• Original language: French
• Original form and meaning: accent circonflexe - 1. a diacritic mark placed above a vowel to indicate the quality of pronunciation

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Language	Form	Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence)	Current Meaning and Status	Earlier Meanings and Statusses	Source
Catalan	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Croatian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Czech	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Danish	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Dutch	accent circumflex	...	'meaning 1'	'...'	...
English	accent circumflex	16c (from Latin)	'meaning 1 also used: "circumflex"'	'...'	http://www.allwords.com
Estonian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Finnish	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
French	(accent) circonflexe	...	'meaning 1'	'...'	...
Frisian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
German	Accent circonflexe	...	'meaning 1 in linguistics also "Zirkumflex"'	'...'	...
Hungarian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Irish	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Italian	circonflesso	...	'meaning 1'	'...'	...
Latvian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Lithuanian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Maltese	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Norwegian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Polish	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Portuguese	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Rumantsch	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Slovak	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Slovenian	...	...	'...'	'...'	...
Spanish	circunflejo	...	'meaning 1'	'...'	...
Swedish	...	...	'...'	'...'	...

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It received its English name from Latin "circumflexus" (bent about) - a translation of the Greek περισπωμένη (perispomene).

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