diacritic
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)
- distinguishing
- (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
distinguishing — see diacritical
denoting a distinguishing mark — see diacritical
Noun edit
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 edit
Translations edit
diacritical mark — see diacritical mark
Further reading edit
- “diacritic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “diacritic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- diacritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French diacritique.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
diacritic m or n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine and neuter plural diacritice)
Declension edit
Declension of diacritic
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 | diacriticelor | diacriticilor |
Noun edit
diacritic n (plural diacritice)
- diacritic
- Synonym: semn diacritic
Declension edit
Declension of diacritic
singular | plural | |||
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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 |