signe diacritique

Definitions of signe diacritique
  1. noun
    a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
    synonyms: diacritique
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    accent
    a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
    cédille
    a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
    accent circonflexe
    a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
    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
    tréma
    a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
    accent aigu
    a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    accent grave
    a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
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    marque
    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
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