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diacritic
diacritic
English
A capital A with a diacritic above
Adjective
diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)
- distinguishing
- (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.
Synonyms
Translations
distinguishing — see diacritical
denoting a distinguishing mark — see diacritical
Noun
diacritic (plural diacritics)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Hyponyms
Translations
diacritical mark — see diacritical mark
See also
Romanian
Etymology
From French diacritique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdi.aˈkri.tik/
Adjective
diacritic m, n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine and neuter plural diacritice)
Declension
declension of diacritic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | diacritic | diacritică | diacritici | diacritice | ||
| definite | diacriticul | diacritica | diacriticii | diacriticele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | diacritic | diacritice | diacritici | diacritice | ||
| definite | diacriticului | diacriticei | diacriticilor | diacriticelor | |||
Noun
diacritic n (plural diacritice)
Synonyms
- semn diacritic n
Declension
declension of diacritic
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) diacritic | diacriticul | (niște) diacritice | diacriticele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) diacritic | diacriticului | (unor) diacritice | diacriticelor |
| vocative | diacriticule | diacriticelor | ||