diacritic
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1. a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | mark, |
| definition | : | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | accent, accent mark, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | breve, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | cedilla, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | circumflex, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hacek, wedge, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | macron, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | tilde, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | diaeresis, dieresis, umlaut, |
| definition | : | a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound (noun.communication) |
2. capable of distinguishing (adj.all)
| similar | : | discriminating, |
| definition | : | showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste (adj.all) |
3. a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation (noun.communication)
4. capable of distinguishing (adj.all)
| derivation | : | diacritic, diacritical mark, |
| definition | : | a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation (noun.communication) |
5. a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation (noun.communication)
6. capable of distinguishing (adj.all)
| derivation | : | diacritic, diacritical mark, |
| definition | : | a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation (noun.communication) |
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