Definitions
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- noun phonology A
dipping tone . - noun typography Any
diacritic obtained byrotating a circumflex: ⟨ˆ ⟩ 180° . - noun A
háček .
Etymologies
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From its earliest attested use as an idiomatic phrase in 1810, inverted circumflex was first used to denote a dipping tone — an inversion of the peaking tone denoted by ⟨῀⟩, the Ancient Greek περισπωμένη (perispōmenē), commonly translated as “circumflex” — thence the name was applied to diacritics which marked such a dipping tone and, by extension, other tones to which it was suited; finally, due to such a diacritic’s resemblance to the háček, the name came to be applied to it as well.
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