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macron
noun
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How to pronounce macron:

Definition of macron:

macron (noun):
noun. a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.
a mark − placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long or placed over a syllable or used alone to indicate a stressed or long syllable in a metrical foot

Synonyms for macron:

diacritic

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