Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long-vowel mark

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: long-vow-el -mark
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The symbol ː (the triangular colon), which marks long vowels in IPA.

noun

The symbol ー, which marks long vowels in Japanese hiragana and katakana.

Inflected Forms

long-vowel marks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

macron

Questions

What does long-vowel mark mean?: The symbol ː (the triangular colon), which marks long vowels in IPA.

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