(linguistics) a mark such as an ACCENT, placed over, under or through a letter in some languages, to show that the letter should be pronounced differently from the same letter without a mark
diacritical adjective:
diacritical marks
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for diacritic is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is diacritic a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, diacritic is tagged as noun.
Does diacritic appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — diacritic appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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