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Diacritic - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Diacritic : adj : capable of distinguishing; "students having superior
diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"-
S.F.Nadel [syn: diacritical]
(noun)
1: a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
[syn: diacritical mark]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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
different sounds of the same letter, as, [=a], [a^], ["a],
[=o], [o^], etc. ``Diacritical points.'' --Sir W. Jones.
A glance at this typography will reveal great
difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw
in the way of both printer and writer. --A. J. Ellis.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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