diacritic

English

WOTD – 6 March 2006    

A capital A with a diacritic above

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/

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

Hyponyms

• cedilla
• diaeresis
• röck döts
• tilde
• umlaut

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
• Greek: διακριτικό σημείο (el) (diakritikó simeío) 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