diacritic
English
Etymology
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From Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)
- distinguishing
- (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.
Synonyms
Translations
distinguishing — see diacritical
denoting a distinguishing mark — see diacritical
Noun
diacritic (plural diacritics)
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
diacritical mark — see diacritical mark
See also
Further reading
- “diacritic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “diacritic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From French diacritique.
Pronunciation
Adjective
diacritic m or n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine and neuter plural diacritice)
Declension
Declension of diacritic
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | diacritic | diacritică | diacritici | diacritice | ||
definite | diacriticul | diacritica | diacriticii | diacriticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | diacritic | diacritice | diacritici | diacritice | ||
definite | diacriticului | diacriticei | diacriticelor | diacriticilor |
Noun
diacritic n (plural diacritice)
Declension
Declension of diacritic
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) diacritic | diacriticul | (niște) diacritice | diacriticele |
genitive/dative | (unui) diacritic | diacriticului | (unor) diacritice | diacriticelor |
vocative | diacriticule | diacriticelor |
Synonyms
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- English countable nouns
- en:Diacritical marks
- Romanian terms derived from French
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns