diacritic
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of diacritic
First recorded in 1670–80; from Greek diakritikós “able to distinguish, distinguishing,” equivalent to dia- dia- + kritikós; see critic
Example Sentences
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First, there is that silent "h" — but it ends flatly, without the diacritic that would make it rise, as if it were a question.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2021
We make use of lots of different types of punctuation, casing, font styles, and diacritic marks.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2016
This was remedied by the introduction of these marks, and Hus’s system of orthography became known as the diacritic one.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
The broad lower end of the symbol is rather an accidental pit in the stone than an attempt at a diacritic mark—the word is regei, in all probability the early dative form of rex, "king."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
If any of these characters do not display properly—in particular, if a diacritic does not appear directly above or below its letter—you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley
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