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Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunˈflexo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkunˈflexo/
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: cir‧cun‧fle‧jo
Adjective
circunflejo (feminine circunfleja, masculine plural circunflejos, feminine plural circunflejas)
- circumflex
Noun
circunflejo m (plural circunflejos)
- circumflex
- Synonym: acento circunflejo
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