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diacritic
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diacritic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun diacritic has 1 sense
- diacritic(n = noun.communication) diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation; Array is a kind of mark
has particulars: accent, accent mark, breve, cedilla, circumflex, hacek, wedge, macron, tilde, diaeresis, dieresis, umlaut
Derived forms adjective diacritic1, adjective diacritical1
Adjective diacritic has 1 sense
- diacritic(s = adj.all) diacritical - capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture" Derived form noun diacritic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
diacritic, n. & adj.
--n. a sign (e.g. an accent, diaeresis, cedilla) used to indicate different sounds or values of a letter.
--adj. = DIACRITICAL.
--n. a sign (e.g. an accent, diaeresis, cedilla) used to indicate different sounds or values of a letter.
--adj. = DIACRITICAL.
Etymology
Gk diakritikos (as DIA-, CRITIC)
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