diacritic
Meaning of diacritic
noun
a sign, such as an accent or cedilla, which when written above or below a letter indicates a difference in pronunciation from the same letter when unmarked or differently marked.
adjective
(of a mark or sign) indicating a difference in pronunciation.
late 17th century: from Greek diakritikos, from diakrinein ‘distinguish’, from dia- ‘through’ + krinein ‘to separate’.
Information about diacritic
- The plural form of diacritic is: diacritics.
- Languages in which diacritic is used:
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Hyphenation of diacritic
di-a-critic
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- diacritic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
diacritic synonyms
Meaning diacritical:
Translation of diacritic
- French: diacritique
- Italian: diacritico
- Spanish: diacrítico, diacrítica
- German: diakritisch
Words that rhyme with diacritic
Capernaitic, Ephraitic, Karaitic, Krishnaitic, Mithraitic, Saitic, Sinaitic, agpaitic, foyaitic, sinaitic, tannaitic, tinguaitic, Jacobitic, Moabitic, albitic, cenobitic, periphlebitic, pharbitic, phlebitic, postphlebitic, pylephlebitic, rabitic, sorbitic, thrombophlebitic, trilobitic, anthracitic, ascitic, calcitic, dacitic, helicitic, leucitic, plebiscitic, preascitic, sericitic, anaphroditic, antaphroditic, aphroditic, basipoditic, carditic, carpopoditic, chondroditic, endocarditic, endopoditic, epipoditic, exopoditic, hermaphroditic, jaditic, meropoditic, myocarditic, pericarditic