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diacritic

[ dahy-uh-krit-ik ]

noun

  1. Also called diacritical mark. a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron.


diacritic

/ ËŒ»å²¹ÉªÉ™Ëˆ°ì°ùɪ³Ùɪ°ì /

noun

  1. Also calleddiacritical mark a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. another word for diacritical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diacritic1

First recorded in 1670–80; from Greek »å¾±²¹°ì°ù¾±³Ù¾±°ìó²õ “able to distinguish, distinguishing,†equivalent to dia- dia- + °ì°ù¾±³Ù¾±°ìó²õ; critic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diacritic1

C17: from Greek diakritikos serving to distinguish, from diakrinein, from dia- + krinein to separate
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Example Sentences

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The Vietnamese language is written with marks — diacritics — that represent different tones.

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Bold, bright letters decorated with the diacritics that denote tones in the Vietnamese language advertised the dishes on sale.

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He originally spelled Ikea with an acute accent on the “e,†but dropped the fake diacritic in the 1960s.

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Exclamation points, interrobangs and innumerable French diacritics were all part of his patois.

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A trema is a diacritic mark that consists of two dots and is placed over a letter, “naïve†in the strip.

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