DIACRITIC


Meaning of DIACRITIC in English

n. & adj.

n. a sign (e.g. an accent, diaeresis, cedilla) used to indicate different sounds or values of a letter.

adj. = DIACRITICAL.

[ Gk diakritikos (as DIA-, CRITIC) ]

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