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diacritic

diacritic

English

A capital A with a diacritic above

Adjective

diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)

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

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Noun

diacritic (plural diacritics)

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French diacritique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.aˈkri.tik/

Adjective

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

  1. diacritic, diacritical

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Noun

diacritic n (plural diacritice)

  1. diacritic

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  • semn diacritic n

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