mácron
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón, “long”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.kɾõ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈma.kɾɔn/
- Hyphenation: má‧cron
Noun
mácron m (plural mácrons or mácrones)
- macron (a short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mácron”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “mácron”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026