diacritic

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English

WOTD – 6 March 2006
A capital A with a diacritic above ‹Á›

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/
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Adjective

diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)

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

Synonyms

Translations

distinguishing — see diacritical
denoting a distinguishing mark — see diacritical

Noun

diacritic (plural diacritics)

  1. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
    Synonyms: accent, diacritical, diacritical mark
    Hyponyms: cedilla, diaeresis, röck döts, tilde, umlaut

Derived terms

Translations

diacritical mark — see diacritical mark

Further reading

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diacritique.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. diacritic, diacritical

Declension

Declension of diacritic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite diacritic diacritică diacritici diacritice
definite diacriticul diacritica diacriticii diacriticele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite diacritic diacritice diacritici diacritice
definite diacriticului diacriticei diacriticelor diacriticilor

Noun

diacritic n (plural diacritice)

  1. diacritic
    Synonym: semn diacritic

Declension

Declension of diacritic
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) diacritic diacriticul (niște) diacritice diacriticele
genitive/dative (unui) diacritic diacriticului (unor) diacritice diacriticelor
vocative diacriticule diacriticelor
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