"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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 53 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 21 61 17 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. A diacritic (mark).
    Sense id: en-diacritical-en-noun-LyqdXzdd

Inflected forms

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