"underdot" meaning in English

See underdot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underdot.wav Forms: underdots [plural]
Etymology: From under- + dot. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|dot}} under- + dot Head templates: {{en-noun}} underdot (plural underdots)
  1. A dot placed below a letter, as a diacritical mark. Categories (topical): Diacritical marks Hypernyms: dot Translations (diacritical mark): point souscrit [masculine] (French), alsó pont (Hungarian), ਨੁਕਤਾ (nuktā) [masculine] (Punjabi), dấu nặng (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          ],
          "word": "ਨੁਕਤਾ"
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          "sense": "diacritical mark",
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        }
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "point souscrit"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "alsó pont"
    },
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      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "nuktā",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਨੁਕਤਾ"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "diacritical mark",
      "word": "dấu nặng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "underdot"
}

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