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Translingual
Diacritical mark
◌᷵
- (IPA) ⟨◌̝⟩ placed above a letter with a descender or another diacritic, e.g. [r̺᷵].
English
Diacritical mark
◌᷵
- (lexicography) Marks a vowel as a schwa.
- (lexicography) A partially or optionally reduced vowel, e.g. fa᷵‧tal′i‧ty, de᷵‧pend′, pro᷵‧pose′, for′mu᷵‧late.
Usage notes
(schwa): Placed on orthography, e.g. ⟨sĕna᷵te⟩ for /ˈsɛnət/.