Meaning of inverted hat | Babel Free
Definitions
- A háček.
- = breve
Examples
“In Russian the dentals t, d, s and the velars k, g, x become⟳ palatalized to č, ž, š […]. (The inverted hat (haček) represents palatalization.)”
“I’m using PC SAS and would like⟳ to get⟳ the symbol for infinity in the title of my output. […] When I [hold⟳ down the Alt key and enter⟳ 236] with SAS, it shows up correctly onscreen; but when it’s printed out, I get⟳ an ‘s’ with an inverted hat over it.”
“The Gullimots [under latin-1] become⟳ T and t with inverted hats under Latin-2, oe and G with an inverted hat under Latin-3.”
“evangeʹlical (-nj-) […] The…‘a’ has an inverted hat again; the ‘e’ and ‘i’ in ‘geli’ have⟳ inverted hats, making them short.”
“Now, one (obviously) has to have⟳ the basic ‘Roman’ alphabet. [¶] Then there are all the diacritical markings (accent, accent grave, dot umlaut, ring⟳, bar, ‘hat’, inverted hat, etc.) for vowels.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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