circunflexo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumflexus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũˈflɛk.su/ [sih.kũˈflɛk.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũˈflɛk.su/ [sih.kũˈflɛk.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũˈflɛk.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũˈflɛk.su/ [siχ.kũˈflɛk.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũˈflɛk.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũˈflɛ.ksu/

Adjective

circunflexo (feminine circunflexa, masculine plural circunflexos, feminine plural circunflexas)

1. circumflex; curved, bent

Derived terms

• acento circunflexo

Further reading

• “circunflexo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “circunflexo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025