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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDiacritic
/ˌdaɪ.əˈkrɪt.ɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, sound value, or tone.
"The Spanish word 'café' includes a diacritic on the final vowel."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word diakritikos, meaning 'distinguishing', stemming from diakrinein 'to distinguish'. It entered English in the mid-19th century through scholarly linguistic discourse to describe marks added to letters to alter their phonetic values.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Diacritic" is said worldwide
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signe diacritique
Transliteration: sɲə diakritik
"La cédille est un signe diacritique utilisé sous la lettre c."
Diakritikum
Transliteration: diakriˈtiːkum
"Umlaute sind im Deutschen keine Diakritika mehr im traditionellen Sinne, sondern eigenständige Buchstaben."
diacritico
Transliteration: diakritiko
"L'accento acuto è un segno diacritico."
diacrítico
Transliteration: diakritiko
"La tilde es un signo diacrítico en español."
diacrítico
Transliteration: diakritiku
"O til é um sinal diacrítico usado na língua portuguesa."
diakritik
Transliteration: diakritik
"दीacritic उच्चारण बदलने के लिए प्रयोग किया जाता है।"
变音符号
Transliteration: biànyīn fúhào
"拼音中的声调符号是一种变音符号。"
분음 기호
Transliteration: bun-eum giho
"불어에는 다양한 분음 기호가 사용됩니다."
分音記号
Transliteration: bun-on kigō
"フランス語には多くの分音記号があります。"
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