diakritikus jel

Hungarian

Etymology

diakritikus (“diacritical”) + jel (“mark”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdijɒkritikuʃjɛl]

Noun

diakritikus jel (plural diakritikus jelek)

1. (typography) diacritical mark (symbol used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning)

   Synonyms: ékezet, mellékjel

Declension

• See at jel. The adjective diakritikus is not declined.

Further reading

• A summary of diacritical marks and their names in Hungarian
• The study of diacritics (in: Láng Attila D.: Íráskalauz)
• Diacritics