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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024di•a•crit•ic /ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Linguistics, PhoneticsAlso called di•aˈcrit•i•cal ˈmark. a mark, as a cedilla (ç), tilde (˜), circumflex (ˆ), or macron (¯), added to a letter, used to indicate a sound different from that of the same letter without the mark, or to indicate stress.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•a•crit•ic (dī′ə krit′ik),USA pronunciation n. - Linguistics, PhoneticsAlso called diacrit′ical mark′. a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron.
adj. - diacritical.
- diagnostic.
- Greek diakritikós distinctive, equivalent. to dia- dia- + kritikós; see critic
- 1670–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: diacritic /ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk/ n - Also called: diacritical mark a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason
adj - another word for diacritical
Etymology: 17th Century: from Greek diakritikos serving to distinguish, from diakrinein, from dia- + krinein to separate |