diacritical

English

Etymology

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From diacritic +‎ -al.

Adjective

diacritical (comparative more diacritical, superlative most diacritical)

1. Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction.
2. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic
   • A. J. Ellis

     A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer.

Derived terms

• diacritically

Translations

capable of distinguishing

• Catalan: diacrític (ca) m
• Finnish: erottava (fi)
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• Galician: diacrítico m
• Italian: diacritico (it) m

of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic

• Catalan: diacrític (ca) m
• Czech: diakritický (cs) m
• Dutch: diakritisch (nl)
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• Finnish: diakriittinen (fi)
• Italian: diacritico (it) m
• Spanish: diacrítico (es)

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• (deprecated template usage) Italian: diacritico (2)
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Noun

diacritical (plural diacriticals)

1. A diacritic (mark).
   • 1999, Lee Seong-whan, Advances In Handwriting Recognition, page 54:

     This is often the case when diacriticals are written at the end of the word - the last character ends, but there is still some ink in the original writing order that should have been used up in the course of processing the various t's, i's, and apostrophes in the body of the word.