Editing Circumflex (section)

==== Portuguese ====
Circumflexes are used in many common words of the language, such as the name of the language, ''português''. Usually, ''â, ê'' and ''ô'' appear before nasals (''m'' and ''n'') in [[proparoxytone]] words, like ''higiênico'' but in many cases in European Portuguese ''e'' and ''o'' will be marked with an acute accent (e.g. ''higiénico'') since the vowel quality is open (ɛ or ɔ) in this standard variety. In early literacy classes in school, it is commonly nicknamed ''chapéu'' (hat).