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.

Having a circumflex mark. / Curving around.

To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

plural of circumflex

present participle of circumflex

simple past tense and past participle of circumflex

(linguistics, of a written word) Having a circumflex accent.

Synonym of circumflex

plural of circumflex accent

(phonology, now disused) A dipping tone. / (typography) Any diacritic obtained by rotating a circumflex (ˆ) 180°. / (now only informally) A háček.