name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
macron
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/mæˈkɹɒn/
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rhymes with -ɒn
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Received-Pronunciation: măkʹrŏn
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Received-Pronunciation: mākʹrŏn
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmækɹɒn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkɹɒn/
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General-American: /ˈmeɪkɹɑn/
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General-American: /ˈmækɹɑn/
noun
Meaning 2
A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: breve, micron
Broader terms: bar
noun
Meaning 3
a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diacritical mark, diacritic
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French Macron.
From Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), neuter form of μακρός (makrós, “long”) (English macro-).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَاكْرُون (makron) — surname
- Armenian: Մակրոն (Makron) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 馬克龍 /马克龙 (Mǎkèlóng) — surname
- French: Macron — surname
- Georgian: მაკრონი (maḳroni) — surname
- Greek: Μακρόν (Makrón) — surname
- Hebrew: מקרון (makron) — surname
- Hindi: मैक्रों (maikrõ) — surname
- Japanese: マクロン (Makuron) — surname
- Korean: 마크롱 (Makeurong) — surname
- Persian: مکرون (makron) — surname
- Russian: Макро́н (Makrón) — surname
- Thai: มาครง — surname
- Urdu: میکخواں (maikxvā̃) — surname
- Vietnamese: Mác-rông — surname
- Arabic: عَلَامَة اَلْمَدّ — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Catalan: màcron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Chinese Mandarin: 長音符號 /长音符号 — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Chinese Mandarin: 長音符 /长音符 (chángyīnfú) — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Czech: makron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Dutch: macron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Esperanto: superstreko — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Finnish: pituusmerkki — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- French: macron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Galician: macrón — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Georgian: მაკრონი (maḳroni) — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Georgian: ხმოვნის ხანგრძლივობის ნიშანი (xmovnis xangrʒlivobis nišani) — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Georgian: ხმოვნის სიგრძის აღმნიშვნელი ნიშანი (xmovnis sigrʒis aɣmnišvneli nišani) — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- German: Längenstrich — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- German: Längestrich — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- German: Makron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- German: Verlängerungszeichen — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Ancient Greek: μακρά — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Hawaiian: kahakō — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Hungarian: makron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Hungarian: hosszúságjel — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Hungarian: vonal — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Icelandic: lengdarmerki — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Irish: macran — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Irish: macrón — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Italian: macron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Japanese: マクロン (makuron) — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Latin: signum productionis — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Latvian: garumzīme — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Lithuanian: makronas — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Lithuanian: makronai — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Lithuanian: makronė — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Lithuanian: makronės — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Māori: tohutō — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Māori: pōtae — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Māori: hahae — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Norwegian: makron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Persian: ماکرون (mâkron) — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Polish: makron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Portuguese: mácron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Portuguese: macro — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Russian: макро́н (makrón) — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Spanish: macrón — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Swedish: streck — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Swedish: makron — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Swedish: längdstreck — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Tahitian: tārava — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
- Tongan: toloi — short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark
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