Diacritic — Di a*crit ic, Diacritical Di a*crit ic*al, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to separate, distinguish; dia through + ? to separate. See {Critic}.] That separates or distinguishes; applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
diacritic — 1690s, of sounds, from Gk. diakritikos that separates or distinguishes, from diakrinein to separate one from another, from dia (see DIA (Cf. dia )) + krinein to separate, decide, judge (see CRISIS (Cf. crisis)). As a noun, from 1866. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
diacritic — ► NOUN ▪ a sign, such as an accent, written above or below a letter to indicate a difference in pronunciation from the same letter when unmarked. DERIVATIVES diacritical adjective. ORIGIN Greek diakritikos, from diakrinein distinguish … English terms dictionary
diacritic — [dī΄ə krit′ik] adj. [Gr diakritikos < diakrinein, to distinguish < dia , across + krinein, to discern: see CRISIS] DIACRITICAL n. a diacritical mark … English World dictionary
Diacritic — For the academic journal, see Diacritics (journal). The letter a with acute Diacritical marks … Wikipedia
diacritic — UK [ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms diacritic : singular diacritic plural diacritics linguistics a mark written above or below a word that shows how you should pronounce that word … English dictionary
diacritic — diakritinis ženklas statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Ženklelis virš raidės, po raide, greta jos arba ant jos, tą raidę paverčiantis kita raide. Pavyzdžiui, diakritinis ↑paukščiukas, uždėtas virš S raidės paverčia ją Š raide. Kai kurie… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
diacritic marks — diacritic marks, apostrophes or diaereses are not to be used in a taxonomic name and are to be deleted from such names originally published with them, e.g. the German umlaut sign is deleted from a vowel and should be replaced by an e inserted… … Dictionary of ichthyology
diacritic — noun Date: 1866 a mark near or through an orthographic or phonetic character or combination of characters indicating a phonetic value different from that given the unmarked or otherwise marked element … New Collegiate Dictionary
diacritic — /duy euh krit ik/, n. 1. Also called diacritical mark. a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a… … Universalium
