macron

[ mey-kron, mak-ron ]

noun

, Phonetics, 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).

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of macron¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of macron¹

C19: from Greek makron something long, from makros long

Example Sentences

Many experts and voters had predicted a Macron–Le Pen matchup in next year’s presidential second-round runoff.

From Time

PARIS — At 36, Emmanuel Macron, France's new Economy Minister, is remarkably young.

From The Daily Beast

Macron excelled at France's elite schools, including the civil-servant powerhouse Ecole Nationale d'Administration.

From The Daily Beast

Precocious even in his private life, Macron does not have children of his own but, at 36, he is a grandfather.

From The 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.

From Project Gutenberg

This book contains Unicode characters, such as c (c with combining macron).

From Project Gutenberg

Pandecges with macron on second a: the vowel is broad, as in father.

From Project Gutenberg

Ptolemy Macron, who alone spoke in favour of peaceful measures, could gain no hearing.

From Project Gutenberg

This book contains a large number of characters with a macron (straight line) over them.

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