Definitions for: Diacritic


[n] a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
[adj] capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel



Webster (1913) Definition: 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
different sounds of the same letter, as, [=a], [a^], ["a],
[=o], [o^], 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.

Synonyms: diacritical, diacritical mark, discriminating

See Also: accent, accent mark, breve, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis, dieresis, hacek, macron, mark, tilde, umlaut, wedge

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