accent circonflexe

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• IPA^(key): /ak.sɑ̃ siʁ.kɔ̃.flɛks/

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accent circonflexe m (plural accents circonflexes)

1. circumflex (diacritic)

   Synonyms: circonflexe; (slang, familiar) flexe

• chapeau, chapeau pointu, petit chapeau (child language)

• → Norwegian Bokmål: accent circonflexe

From French accent circonflexe (“circumflex”), first part from French accent (“accent, manner or tone of speech”), from Middle French accent, from Old French acent, from Latin accentus (“accent, tone, accentuation”), past participle of accinō (“sing to, sing along”), from both ad- (“to”), from ad (“to, towards”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”) + and from canō (“I sing, recite, play”), from Proto-Italic *kanō (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

• IPA^(key): /akˈsaŋ.sɪrkɔŋˈflɛks/

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• Rhymes: -ɛks
• Hyphenation: ac‧cent‧cir‧con‧flexe

accent circonflexe m (definite singular accent circonflexen, indefinite plural accent circonflexer, definite plural accent circonflexene)

1. (orthography) a circumflex (a diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel or a consonant in the orthography or transliteration of many languages)

   Synonym: cirkumfleks

The circumflex is not part of the Norwegian alphabet, however it appears in numerous words, especially in words deriving from French; crêpe (“crepe”), crème fraîche (“crème fraîche”), goût (“taste, flavour”), débâcle (“catastrophe”) and tête-à-tête (“face-to-face meeting”). Native Norwegian uses of the circumflex include fôr (“feed, forage”). It is also sometimes used for certain names and places, such as Rhône (“Rhone”) and Côte d'Azur (“French Riviera”).

• accent aigu (“acute accent”) and accent grave (“grave accent”)

• circonflexe “accent circonflexe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “accent circonflexe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “cirkumfleks” in Store norske leksikon