noun · rare

diacritic

diacritic · diacritics

діакритичний знак

диакритический знак

diakritisches Zeichen, Diakritikum, Diakritikon

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

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/ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/

» These diacritics are unnecessary and aesthetically displeasing.

Meaning

2 senses

A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
A letter added to another letter serving a similar indicative function.

Examples

5 sentences

These diacritics are unnecessary and aesthetically displeasing.
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There's no diacritics in English.
ruВ английском языке нет диакритических знаков.
deIn der englischen Sprache gibt es keine diakritischen Zeichen.
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It is more elegant to use diacritics, rather than multiple letters, to represent a sound.
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The Kabyle language uses diacritics in its writing.
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I think orthography should be etymological. Etymological letters or diacritics help promote textual comprehension with related or lexically similar languages.
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρῑ́νω (diakrī́nō, “to distinguish, separate”), from δια- (dia-, “between”) + κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “I separate, distinguish”).

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