"diacritic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/ [UK] Audio: en-us-diacritic.ogg [US] Forms: more diacritic [comparative], most diacritic [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|grc|διακριτικός||distinguishing, separative|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), {{bor+|en|grc|διακριτικός|t=distinguishing, separative}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), {{m|grc|διακρίνειν|t=to distinguish, separate}} διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), {{m|grc|διά|t=between}} διά (diá, “between”), {{m|grc|κρίνω|t=I separate, distinguish}} κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)
  1. distinguishing
    Sense id: en-diacritic-en-adj-NfxFLsew
  2. (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Orthography, Diacritical marks
    Sense id: en-diacritic-en-adj-8Z5z6nrC Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 7 48 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 41 51 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diacritical

Noun

IPA: /daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/ [UK] Audio: en-us-diacritic.ogg [US] Forms: diacritics [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|grc|διακριτικός||distinguishing, separative|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), {{bor+|en|grc|διακριτικός|t=distinguishing, separative}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), {{m|grc|διακρίνειν|t=to distinguish, separate}} διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), {{m|grc|διά|t=between}} διά (diá, “between”), {{m|grc|κρίνω|t=I separate, distinguish}} κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} diacritic (plural diacritics)
  1. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning. Categories (topical): Diacritical marks Synonyms: accent, diacritical, diacritical mark Derived forms: diacritical, diacritically
    Sense id: en-diacritic-en-noun-wTKr9O78 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 7 48 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 41 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 33 60

Inflected forms

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          "word": "diacritical"
        },
        {
          "word": "diacritical mark"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-diacritic.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-diacritic.ogg/En-us-diacritic.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-diacritic.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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}

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