DIACRITIC

diacritic, diacritical

(adjective) capable of distinguishing; “students having superior diacritic powers”; “the diacritic elements in culture”- S.F.Nadel

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)

distinguishing

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

Synonyms

• diacritical

Noun

diacritic (plural diacritics)

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

Synonyms

• accent

• diacritical mark

Hyponyms

• cedilla

• diaeresis

• röck döts

• tilde

• umlaut

Anagrams

• triacidic

Source: Wiktionary

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Di`a*crit"ic, Di`a*crit"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Critic.]

Definition: That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, â, ä, o, ô, etc. "Diacritical points." Sir W. Jones. A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer. A. J. Ellis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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