macron

This is the 960th most frequent Norwegian word.

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macron

In Norwegian, "macron" refers to a diacritical mark (¯) placed over a vowel to indicate a long sound.


In this sentence, 'Macron' is used as a proper noun referring to Emmanuel Macron, the President of France.

Macron spiste en croissant i Paris.

Macron ate a croissant in Paris.


In this creative usage, 'macron' metaphorically describes a smooth or delicate appearance, similar to macarons, playing on phonetic resemblance in Norwegian.

Bakken falt betydelig i går, omtrent som en macron-paste.

The ground fell significantly yesterday, somewhat like a macron paste.


Here, 'macron' refers to a diacritical mark used in linguistics to indicate vowel length or tone.

Jeg lærte nylig om bruk av macron i lingvistikk.

I recently learned about the use of the macron in linguistics.