"diacritical" meaning in All languages combined

See diacritical on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more diacritical [comparative], most diacritical [superlative]
Etymology: From diacritic + -al. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{suffix|en|diacritic|al}} diacritic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} diacritical (comparative more diacritical, superlative most diacritical)
  1. Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction. Translations (capable of distinguishing): diacrític (Catalan), erottava (Finnish), diacrítico (Galician), diacritico (Italian)
    Sense id: en-diacritical-en-adj-B~lki-1k Disambiguation of 'capable of distinguishing': 97 3
  2. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic Translations (of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic): diacrític (Catalan), diakritický (Czech), diakritisch (Dutch), diakrita (Esperanto), diakriittinen (Finnish), diacritico (Italian), diacrítico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-diacritical-en-adj-uQoQAkbj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 56 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 18 51 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 58 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 56 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 73 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 63 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 62 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 73 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 69 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 76 14 Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diacritical hook, diacritically, diacritical mark

Noun [English]

Forms: diacriticals [plural]
Etymology: From diacritic + -al. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{suffix|en|diacritic|al}} diacritic + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} diacritical (plural diacriticals)
  1. Synonym of diacritical mark (adnoun equivalent). Synonyms: diacritical mark [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-diacritical-en-noun-0MrQVzlI

Inflected forms

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