diacritic

From Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/

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diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)

1. distinguishing
2. (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.

• diacritical

diacritic (plural diacritics)

1. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

• accent
• diacritical mark

• cedilla
• diaeresis
• röck döts
• tilde
• umlaut

• diacritical

• diacritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• diacritic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• diacritic at OneLook Dictionary Search

• triacidic

From French diacritique.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.aˈkri.tik/

diacritic m or n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine and neuter plural diacritice)

1. diacritic, diacritical

diacritic n (plural diacritice)

1. diacritic

• semn diacritic n