diacritic

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρῑ́νω (diakrī́nō, “to distinguish, separate”), from δια- (dia-, “between”) + κρῑ́νω (krī́nō, “I separate, distinguish”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/, [ˌdaɪəˈkɹɪɾɪk] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌdɑɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/, [ˌdɑɪəˈkɹɪɾɪk] Rhymes: -ɪtɪk === Adjective === diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic) Distinguishing. (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. ==== Synonyms ==== diacritical ==== Translations ==== === Noun === diacritic (plural diacritics) A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning. Synonyms: diacritical, diacritical mark Hyponyms: accent, accent mark (synonymous in loose usage); cedilla, diaeresis, röck döts, tilde, tone mark, umlaut (more loosely) A letter added to another letter serving a similar indicative function. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “diacritic”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “diacritic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. diacritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === triacidic == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French diacritique. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdi.aˈkri.tik/ === Adjective === diacritic m or n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine/neuter plural diacritice) diacritic, diacritical ==== Declension ==== === Noun === diacritic n (plural diacritice) diacritic Synonym: semn diacritic ==== Declension ====