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diacritic

DEFINITIONS OF: diacritic

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n a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation

Synonyms:
diacritical mark
Types:
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accent, accent mark
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
breve
a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
cedilla
a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
circumflex
a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
hacek, wedge
a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
macron
a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
tilde
a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
diaeresis, dieresis, umlaut
a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
stress mark
a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
acute, acute accent, ague
a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
grave, grave accent
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Type of:
mark
a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

adj capable of distinguishing

“students having superior diacritic powers”
“"the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel”
Synonyms:
diacritical
discriminating
showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
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