Meaning & use
Macron
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A straight horizontal line placed above a vowel to indicate that it is pronounced with a long sound.
See it in a sentence
In the word 'Māori,' the macron over the 'a' shows that the vowel is lengthened.
Dictionaries sometimes use a macron to mark stressed long vowels in pronunciation guides.
A note on using this word
The term comes from the Greek 'makron,' meaning 'long,' the same root that gives us words like 'macro.'
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