◌̆
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Translingual
Diacritical mark
◌̆
- (IPA) A short sound.
- (UPA) Short vowel (e.g. ă) or consonant (e.g. t̆ ); cf. superscripting for extra-short ᵃ, ᵗ.
- Synonym: ◌͐
- (Cyrillic) Marks several letters, including й, ў, ӂ, ӑ, ӗ.
English
Diacritical mark
◌̆
- (lexicography) The breve, used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'short' sound: ⟨ă⟩ /æ/, ⟨ĕ⟩ /ɛ/, ⟨ĭ⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨ŏ⟩ /ɒ/, ⟨ŭ⟩ /ʌ/.
- (poetry) Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is short. Also used alone to mark a syllable without stress in a metrical foot or verse: see ⟨˘⟩.
Usage notes
Esperanto
Diacritical mark
◌̆
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called hoketo (“little hook”) in Esperanto, and found on Ŭ/ŭ.
Romanian
Diacritical mark
◌̆
- A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called căciulă (“fur hat”) in Romanian, and found on Ă/ă.
Vietnamese
Diacritical mark
◌̆