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Pronunciation / Transliteration: jīchǔ zìmǔ
"在这个字符中，‘e’是基础字母。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The primary alphabetical character or grapheme to which diacritics, accents, or modifiers are attached to form a modified letter.
"In the character 'é', the letter 'e' serves as the base-letter." - 2
In digital typography and Unicode standards, the fundamental core character of a grapheme cluster.
"Combining diacritical marks are rendered directly above or below the base-letter."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'base' (from Old French 'base', via Latin from Greek 'basis', meaning foundation) and 'letter' (from Old French 'lettre', from Latin 'littera'). Formed in modern typography and digital character encoding terminology to describe primary graphemes before the addition of diacritics.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Base-letter" is said worldwide
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lettre de base
Transliteration: letr də baz
"Dans ce mot, le 'e' est la lettre de base."
Grundbuchstabe
Transliteration: ˈɡʁʊntˌbuːxʃtaːbə
"Der Grundbuchstabe wird durch ein Diakritikum verändert."
lettera di base
Transliteration: ˈlɛttera di ˈbaze
"Il carattere accentato mantiene la lettera di base."
letra base
Transliteration: ˈle.tɾa ˈβa.se
"La letra base puede llevar tilde o acento."
letra de base
Transliteration: ˈlɛtɾɐ dʒi ˈbazis
"O acento gráfico é colocado sobre a letra de base."
मूल वर्ण
Transliteration: mool varn
"इस शब्द में मूल वर्ण के ऊपर मात्रा लगाई गई है।"
基础字母
Transliteration: jīchǔ zìmǔ
"在这个字符中，‘e’是基础字母。"
기본 글자
Transliteration: gibon geulja
"기본 글자에 발음 구별 부호가 추가됩니다."
ベース文字
Transliteration: bēsu moji
"ダイアクリティカルマークがベース文字に追加されます。"
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