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diacritic
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Word definitions for diacritic in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: diacritical mark ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, of sounds, from Greek diakritikos "that separates or distinguishes," from diakrinein "to separate one from another," from dia- (see dia- ) + krinein "to separate, decide, judge" (see crisis ). As a noun, from 1866. Related: Diacritical .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diacritic \Di`a*crit"ic\, Diacritical \Di`a*crit"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to separate, distinguish; dia` through + ? to separate. See Critic .] That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 distinguishing 2 (context orthography not comparable English) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. n. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A diacritic – also diacritical mark , diacritical point , or diacritical sign – is a glyph added to a letter , or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός ( diakritikós , "distinguishing"), which is composed of the ancient Greek διά ( diá ...
Usage examples of diacritic.
In Quenya, which possessed besides the _calmatéma_ both a palatal series (_tyelpetéma_) and labialized series (_quessetéma_), the palatals were represented by a Fëanorian diacritic denoting 'following _y_' (usually two underposed dots), while Series IV was a _kw_-series.
In Quenya, which possessed besides the calmatéma both a palatal series (tyelpetéma) and labialized series (quessetéma), the palatals were represented by a Fëanorian diacritic denoting 'following y' (usually two underposed dots), while Series IV was a kw-series.
His ghostly interlocutor was becoming less imaginative—this message was Old English, of course, but it was hampered by the ghost’s (or Dale’s computer’s) apparent lack of diacritics and proper Old English letter forms.