macron
Meaningthe long (mark)
Common meaning: a bar written above a vowel to show it is long
- macrlong, largeLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 485 · scan
- onnoun ending (from Latin -o, -onis)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek μακρός ‘long, large’.
Roots
- μακρός Greek “long, large”
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