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• 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 — For the academic journal, see Diacritics (journal). The letter a with acute Diacritical marks …   Wikipedia

• diacritical — also diacritic adjective Etymology: Greek diakritikos separative, from diakrinein to distinguish, from dia + krinein to separate more at certain Date: 1749 1. serving as a diacritic 2. a. distinctive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• diacritic — ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk 1. прил. диакритический 2. сущ. диакритический знак (грамматика) диакритический знак, диакритика (грамматика) диакритический * mark диакритический знак diacritic грам. диакритический диакритический знак diacritical: diacritical… …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• diacritical — ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪkəl = diacritic 1. (грамматика) диакритический diacritical =diacritic …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• diacritical — diacritically, adv. /duy euh krit i keuhl/, adj. 1. serving to distinguish; distinctive. 2. capable of distinguishing. 3. Phonet. serving as a diacritic. [1740 50; DIACRITIC + AL1] * * * …   Universalium

• 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

• Dot (diacritic) — · Dot Diacritics accent acute( …   Wikipedia

• Hook (diacritic) — For other meanings of hook, see Hook (disambiguation). ̉ Hook Diacritics accent acute …   Wikipedia

• Horn (diacritic) —  ̛ Horn Diacritics accent acute( …   Wikipedia