macron
/ˈmakrɒn
/noun
A written or printed mark (¯) used to indicate a long vowel in some languages, or a stressed vowel in verse.As in the transliteration of Sanskrit, the macron over the letter indicates that the sound of the vowel is lengthened, thus kan is pronounced ‘koh-an’, with the emphasis on the first syllable....
- However, diphthongs and macrons are seldom used in modern Romanji to differentiate the vowels with multiple sounds (like the long O).
- We are, just barely, in Kaneohe (which might really be Kane'ohe, but none of the maps have the macrons, so I've given up using them anywhere).
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Greek makron, neuter of makros 'long'.
Rhymes
- death notice
- death-obsessed
- death-or-glory
- death penalty
- death penny
- death pile
- deathplace
- death rate
- death rattle
- death ray
- death ring
- death roll
- death rope
- death row
- death's door
- death sentence
- death's face
- death's gate
- death's head
- death's head hawkmoth
- death's head monkey
- death's head moth
- death's herb
- death-sick
- death-sickness