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Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), a calque of Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cirkumflekso (accusative singular cirkumflekson, plural cirkumfleksoj, accusative plural cirkumfleksojn)
- circumflex (diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a letter to change its pronunciation)
- Synonym: ĉapelo
La Esperanta alfabeto enhavas kvin literojn kun cirkumflekso: ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ kaj ŝ.- The Esperanto alphabet has five letters with a circumflex: ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ and ŝ.