diacritic
English
WOTD – 6 March 2006
A capital A with a diacritic above ‹Á›
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/
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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
distinguishing — see diacritical
denoting a distinguishing mark — see diacritical
Noun
diacritic (plural diacritics)
- A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
- Synonyms: accent, diacritical, diacritical mark
- Hyponyms: cedilla, diaeresis, röck döts, tilde, umlaut
Derived terms
- diacritical
- diacritically
Translations
diacritical mark — see diacritical mark
Further reading
- diacritic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- diacritic at OneLook Dictionary Search
diacritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- triacidic
Romanian
Etymology
From French diacritique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdi.aˈkri.tik/
Adjective
diacritic m or n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine and neuter plural diacritice)
- diacritic, diacritical
Declension
Declension of diacritic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | diacritic | diacritică | diacritici | diacritice | ||
| definite | diacriticul | diacritica | diacriticii | diacriticele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | diacritic | diacritice | diacritici | diacritice | ||
| definite | diacriticului | diacriticei | diacriticilor | diacriticelor | |||
Noun
diacritic n (plural diacritice)
- diacritic
- Synonym: semn diacritic
Declension
Declension of diacritic
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) diacritic | diacriticul | (niște) diacritice | diacriticele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) diacritic | diacriticului | (unor) diacritice | diacriticelor |
| vocative | diacriticule | diacriticelor | ||