circunflexo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumflexus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũˈflɛk.su/ [sih.kũˈflɛk.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũˈflɛk.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũˈflɛk.su/ [siχ.kũˈflɛk.su]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũˈflɛk.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũˈflɛk.so/ [sih.kũˈflɛk.so]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũˈflɛ.ksu/

Adjective

circunflexo (feminine circunflexa, masculine plural circunflexos, feminine plural circunflexas)

circumflex; curved, bent

Derived terms

acento circunflexo

Further reading

“circunflexo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“circunflexo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026