EuroLex/F/Circumflex accent
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- 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 | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
Annotations edit
It received its English name from Latin "circumflexus" (bent about) - a translation of the Greek ÏεÏιÏÏÏμÎνη (perispomene).
source: http://www.answers.com
Information on Other Languages edit
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