diacritical mark

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Noun diacritical mark has 1 sense

diacritical mark, diacritic - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
--₁ is a kind of mark
--₁ has particulars:
accent, accent mark; breve; cedilla; circumflex; hacek, wedge; macron; tilde; umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis

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Diacritical Mark

Noun: A diacritical mark is a symbol or sign placed above or below a letter to indicate a particular pronunciation, stress, tone, or emphasis.

Example Sentence: The French word crème uses the diacritical mark called an accent acute (´) on the letter "e".

Adjective: When used as an adjective, diacritical mark refers to something that relates to or uses diacritics.

Example Sentence: The diacritical mark variants in the Vietnamese language distinguish different tones.

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