Associations to the word «Macron»

Wiktionary

MACRON, noun. (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters. It usually is used to indicate that the pronunciation of the vowel is long; in Mandarin pinyin (Chinese), it indicates the first tone, e.g. chūzūchē.
MACRON BELOW, noun. A diacritical mark whose appearance is of a macron, and is placed below the letter.

Dictionary definition

MACRON, noun. A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats