diacritical mark

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Noun

diacritical mark (plural diacritical marks)

1. (orthography, typography) A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

   Synonyms: diacritic#Noun, diacritical#Noun

   Hyponyms: accent, accent mark (synonymous in loose usage); cedilla, diaeresis, röck döts, tilde, tone mark, umlaut

Translations

• French: signe diacritique, diacritique
• German: diakritisches Zeichen, Diakritikum, Diakritikon
• Italian: segno diacritico
• Portuguese: acento diacrítico, acento
• Russian: диакрити́ческий знак
• Spanish: signo diacrítico, diacrítico

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