◌̆ (English, character)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The breve, used to mark a vowel letter as having its 'short' sound: ⟨ă⟩ /æ/, ⟨ĕ⟩ /ɛ/, ⟨ĭ⟩ /ɪ/, ⟨ŏ⟩ /ɒ/, ⟨ŭ⟩ /ʌ/.
tags: diacritic
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Placed over a vowel letter to indicate that the syllable is short. Also used alone to mark a syllable without stress in a metrical foot or verse: see ⟨˘⟩.
tags: diacritic
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