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Definition: Macron |
MacronNoun1. A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Macron \Ma"cron\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression long.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Macron |
| English words defined with "macron": a hundred thousand, a million ♦ hundred thousand ♦ Macrotone, million. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Macron" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Italian (macron). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Vowel length in New Zealand Māori is phonemic, i.e. vowels are either pronounced short or long. Early writing in Māori did not distinguish vowel length. Some have advocated that the double vowel orthography be used to distinguish vowel length. However, the Māori Language Commission (Te Taura Whiri) advocate a macron be used to designate a long vowel. The use of the macron is now wide spread in modern Māori writings.
The HTML/Unicode numbers for macron letters are:
| Upper Case | Lower Case | ||
| Letter | HTML | Letter | HTML |
| Ā | Ā | ā | ā |
| Ē | Ē | ē | ē |
| Ī | Ī | ī | ī |
| Ō | Ō | ō | ō |
| Ū | Ū | ū | ū |
| Ǖ | Ǖ | ǖ | ǖ |
The final row is the letter U/u with macron and diaeresis.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Macron."
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Macron 1 (1986) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
macron maori | 10 |
macron 1 | 8 |
macron | 6 |
macron power | 4 |
macron power supply | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "macron"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | علامت '-'که بالای حروف صداددارباشد. (various references) | |
German | Längestrich. (various references) | |
Italian | macron. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 長音符 , マオリ族 (Macadam, macaroni, macaroni western, Macbeth, Machiavellism, macrame, macro, macrocosm, macroengineering, macrolens, magazine, magazine rack, Maori, Maxell, maxi, maxim, maximum, McDonalds). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | マカロン , ちょうお"ぷ. (various references) | |
Manx | linney vreear. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acronmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | macroeconomia (macroeconomic). (various references) | |
Russian | n фон. знак долготы гласного звука. (various references) | |
Turkish | uzatma işareti (pause). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "macron": macrons, macronuclear, macronuclei, macronucleus, macronucleuses, macronutrient, macronutrients. (additional references) | |
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"Macron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acron, amacrine, Ambron, Amron, Mabro, Macaron, Macfoy, Machon, Maclou, Macoun, macra, Macroom, Mactro, Madron, madrone, makro, Makron, makrong, mapron, marco, marcon, Marconda, marcot, Marjon, Maron, Masroor, mauron, mavron, Mcgrann, mercon, meron, meuron, Michon, micorn, microj, microm, migron, Mikron, mircon, Muiron, Namron, necron. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "macron" (pronounced 'Ma"cron'): Omicron, Pentacron, Polyacron. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-m-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: acorn, carom, macon, macro, manor, narco, racon, roman. | |
-2 letters: arco, carn, coma, corm, corn, cram, mano, marc, moan, mora, morn, narc, noma, norm, orca, roam, roan. | |
-3 letters: arc, arm, cam, can, car, con, cor, mac, man, mar, moa, moc, mon, mor, nam, nom, nor, oar, oca, ora, orc, ram, ran, roc, rom. | |
-4 letters: am, an, ar, ma, mo, na, no, om, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-m-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: acronym, crampon, macrons, minorca, monarch, nomarch, romance. | |
+2 letters: acrimony, acromion, acronyms, amelcorn, armonica, cardamon, caroming, chamfron, choreman, coenamor, colorman, columnar, cornmeal, corpsman, coumarin, crampons, crampoon, dormancy, harmonic, macaroni, macaroon, marocain, minorcas, monarchs, monarchy, monocarp, monocrat, morainic, mordancy, nomarchs, nomarchy, normalcy, omniarch, romanced, romancer, romances, romantic. | |
+3 letters: acromions, acronymic, aeronomic, agronomic, amelcorns, anchorman, anchormen, armonicas, cairngorm, carbamino, carcinoma, cardamons, carroming, chamfrons, charwoman, charwomen, chromatin, clamoring, coenamors, comanager, commander, communard, comparing, conformal, cormorant, cornerman, cornmeals, coumarins, crampoons, cremation, geomancer, harmonica, harmonics, macaronic, macaronis, macaroons, manticore, marocains, monarchal, monarchic, monocarps, monocracy, monocrats, monocular, mortician, mucronate, omniarchs, panoramic, pyromancy, romancers, romancing, romantics. | |
+4 letters: acrimonies, anamorphic, androecium, antidromic, astronomic, cairngorms, camerlengo, campground, cankerworm, carcinomas, carmagnole, ceremonial, chairwoman, chairwomen, chiromancy, chloramine, chromaffin, chromatins, chromonema, chronogram, cinemagoer, clamouring, coadmiring, cochairman, cochairmen, coenamored, comanagers, commandeer, commanders, commandery, commentary, communards, comparison, comparting, complainer, confirmand, cormorants, coromandel, counterman, countryman, craniotomy, cremations, dicoumarin, dormancies, enharmonic, geomancers, harmonicas, hydromancy, importance, importancy, inharmonic, macaronics, macaronies, maceration, machinator, manometric, manticores, maraschino, mascarpone, matronymic, microfauna, microtonal, monarchial, monarchies, monarchism, monarchist, monocarpic, monocratic, monoculars, monstrance, mordancies, morganatic, morphactin, morticians, necromancy, nomarchies, normalcies, oceanarium, organicism, organismic, patronymic, pyromaniac, scrubwoman, unromantic. | |
+5 letters: acrimonious, actinometer, actinometry, aerodynamic, aeronomical, amenorrheic, anachronism, anchorwoman, anchorwomen, archegonium, axonometric, beclamoring, californium, calumniator, camerawoman, camerawomen, camerlengos, campgrounds, cankerworms, carcinomata, carmagnoles, carpogonium, centimorgan, ceremonials, chiromancer, chloramines, chrismation, chromatinic, chrominance, chronograms, churchwoman, cinemagoers, clergywoman, coenamoring, combinatory, commandeers, commentator, comminatory, comparisons, compartment, compensator, complainers, confirmable, confirmands, conformable, conformably, conformance, congressman, consummator, coromandels, countermand, craftswoman, craftswomen, craniometry, creationism, crimination, crossbowman, demarcation, dicoumarins, documentary, emancipator, embrocation, endocardium, euchromatin, gastronomic, harmonicist, homonuclear, imbrication, importances, imprecation, infomercial, informatics, interatomic, lacrimation, lamellicorn, macerations, machinators, macronuclei, manufactory, maraschinos, marchioness, mascarpones, matronymics, mercuration, metrication, microfaunae, microfaunal, microfaunas, micromanage, microwaving, mineralogic, miscreation, monarchical, monarchisms, monarchists, monochromat, monocracies, monocrystal, monocularly, monogastric, monographic, mononuclear, monstrances, moronically, morphactins, motorcading, multicarbon, necromancer, necromantic, nomenclator, nomographic, nonaromatic, noncriminal, nondramatic, nonharmonic, nonmetrical, nonorgasmic, oceanariums, oneiromancy, organicisms, outcharming, outmarching, palindromic, paramountcy, patronymics, performance, phonogramic, pockmarking, preromantic, proclaiming, pyromancies, pyromaniacs, reclamation, recombinant, rhabdomancy, romanticise, romanticism, romanticist, romanticize, sardonicism, scaremonger, trichomonad, trichomonal, uncustomary. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 63 72 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -.-. .-. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a c r o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0063 0072 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476769848180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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