diacritic

English

WOTD - 6 March 2006    

A capital A with a diacritic above

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διακριτικός (“distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrinein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (“between”) + κρίνω (“I separate, distinguish”).

Adjective

diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)

1. distinguishing
2. (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.

Synonyms

• diacritical

Noun

diacritic (plural diacritics)

1. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

Synonyms

• accent
• diacritical mark

Derived terms

• diacritical

Translations

special mark

Arabic: حركة (ar) (Haraka) f., شكل (ar) (shakl) m., شكلة (ar) (shákla) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 附加符號 (cmn), 附加符号 (cmn) (fùjiā fúhào), 讀音符號 (cmn), 读音符号 (cmn) (dúyīn fúhào) Czech: diakritické znaménko (cs) n., diakritický znak (cs) m. Finnish: tarke (fi) French: signe diacritique (fr) m., diacritique (fr) m. and f. German: diakritisches Zeichen (de) n. Hebrew: ניקוד (he) (nikud) m.

Hindi: मात्रा (hi) (mātrā) m. Icelandic: komma (is) f. Japanese: ダイアクリティカルマーク (ja) (daiakuritikarumāku), 字上符 (ja) (じじょうふ, jijōfu) Polish: znak diakrytyczny (pl) m. Romanian: diacritic (ro), semn diacritic n. Russian: диакритический знак (ru) (diakritíčeskij znak) m. Spanish: diacrítico (es) m., signo diacrítico (es) m. Swedish: diakritiskt tecken (sv) n. Vietnamese: dấu phụ (vi)

See also

• Diacritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

External links

• diacritic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• diacritic at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Romanian

Etymology

French diacritique

Adjective

diacritic ^{2 nom/acc forms}

1. diacritic, diacritical

Declension

singular		plural
masculine & neuter	feminine	masculine	feminine and neuter
diacritic	diacritic	diacritice	diacritice

Noun

diacritic n. (plural diacritice)

1. diacritic
2. diacritical mark

Synonyms

• semn diacritic n.

Declension

declension of diacritic

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un diacritic	diacriticul	niște diacritice	diacriticele
genitive/dative	unui diacritic	diacriticului	unor diacritice	diacriticelor