"underdot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: underdots [plural]
Etymology: 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

Download JSON data for underdot meaning in English (1.9kB)

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