circumflex/ˈsɜ:kəmfleks; `səkəmˌflɛks/ n(also circumflex accent) mark put over a vowel in French and some other languages to show how it is pronounced, as in role or fete （标在法文或其他文字元音字母上）表示如何发音的符号（如在role或fete中的）.
牛津英汉双解词典