Meaning of macroned | Babel Free

Definitions

Marked with a macron; bearing a macron.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“The font's macroned vowels looked unattractive.”

“Thus o will represent⟳ all shades of sound⟳ of the o group, macroned "ō" being used when desirable, for the so-called "long o" of whatever shade, phonetic specialists using also other marked forms, “ŏ, ó, ò, ô, ö," etc., according to some accepted system.”

“Nor do I use⟳ macroned letters to convey long Arabic vowels. These omissions are made in order⟳ to facilitate the production of a lengthy text such as this one, and by no means reflect⟳ my negative attitude toward any transliteration system current in my field of specialization.”

“Common Japanese words, such as the place⟳ name⟳ Tōkyō (東京), require⟳ macroned vowels to properly express⟳ long vowels when using the Hepburn system, which is the most widely accepted Japanese transliteration system.”

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