circumflex

Plural: circumflexes

Noun

a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.

Adj

Having a circumflex mark.
Curving around.

Verb

To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
To arch.

Examples

to circumflex a syllable

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

Synonyms

circumflex accent

Scrabble Score: 26

circumflex: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
circumflex: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
circumflex: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 31

circumflex: valid Words With Friends Word