Dictionary

macron en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmeɪkɹɑn/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmeɪkɹɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• măkʹrŏn (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmækɹɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• mākʹrŏn (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmækɹɑn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), neuter form of μακρός (makrós, “long”) (English macro-).

Meanings

1. A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long.
   • We say such words belong to a Long family, because of the long macron hat the vowels wear. Like the other twin o's, one hat is enough for both, for these twins are always found together. 1889, Rebecca S[mith] Pollard, A Complete Manual: Pollard’s Synthetic Method of Reading and Spelling. Designed to Accompany Synthetic Readers and Spellers, New York, N.Y.: American Book Company, →OCLC, page 75:
   • All vowels are pronounced short unless marked with a ¯ (macron) over them. So observe different vowel length of ‘i ’ in, e.g., fīlia, etc. It may be helpful, but is not essential, to mark macra in your exercises. 1986, Peter V. Jones, Keith C. Sidwell, “Introduction”, in Reading Latin, volumes 1 (Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 2, general note 1:
   • A macron is a mark placed above a long vowel to mark its quantity. 1974, Floyd L. Moreland, Rita M. Fleischer, Latin: An Intensive Course, University of California Press, page 13:

Forms

Antonyms

breve · micron

Coordinates

◌̅ · overscore · long-vowel mark · overbar · vinculum · solidus · overline

Deriveds

macronized · macron below · macroned · macronless

Hypernyms

bar

Relateds

macro-

Translations (48)

pl makron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ca màcron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ga macran (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ar عَلَامَة اَلْمَدّ (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · grc μακρά (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ja マクロン (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · es macrón (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ga macrón (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · to toloi (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · de Makron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · is lengdarmerki (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · mi pōtae (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · sv makron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · lt makronės (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · nl macron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · lt makronai (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · fa ماکرون (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · de Längenstrich (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ka ხმოვნის სიგრძის აღმნიშვნელი ნიშანი (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · haw kahakō (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · de Längestrich (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · no makron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · pt macro (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · cs makron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · cmn 長音符 /长音符 (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · sv längdstreck (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · hu vonal (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · it macron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · gl macrón (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ru макро́н (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · la signum productionis (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ka მაკრონი (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · eo superstreko (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · hu makron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · lv garumzīme (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ka ხმოვნის ხანგრძლივობის ნიშანი (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · cmn 長音符號 /长音符号 (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · de Verlängerungszeichen (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · pt mácron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · fi pituusmerkki (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · fr macron (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · hu hosszúságjel (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · lt makronė (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · mi tohutō (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · lt makronas (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · ty tārava (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · sv streck (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark) · mi hahae (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark)