diacritic
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)
- distinguishing
- (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
distinguishing — see diacritical
denoting a distinguishing mark — see diacritical
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
diacritical mark — see diacritical mark
Further readingEdit
- diacritic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- diacritic at OneLook Dictionary Search
- diacritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French diacritique.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
diacritic m or n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine and neuter plural diacritice)
DeclensionEdit
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 | diacriticilor | diacriticelor |
NounEdit
diacritic n (plural diacritice)
- diacritic
- Synonym: semn diacritic
DeclensionEdit
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 |