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Diacritic

noun

/daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

2.adjectiveDistinguishing

3.adjectiveDenoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.

Synonyms

accent diacritical mark diacritical discriminating diacritized diacriticked double-dotted distinctive discriminate monotonic dashdotted distinct

Rhymes With

critic granitic paralytic analytic dendritic catalytic neritic arthritic

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