diacritic

[ dahy-uh-krit-ik ]
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noun
  1. Also called diacritical 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.

Origin of diacritic

1
First recorded in 1670–80; from Greek diakritikós “able to distinguish, distinguishing,” equivalent to dia- dia- + kritikós; see critic

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British Dictionary definitions for diacritic

diacritic

/ (ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk) /


noun
  1. 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

adjective
  1. another word for diacritical

Origin of diacritic

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C17: from Greek diakritikos serving to distinguish, from diakrinein, from dia- + krinein to separate

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