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English

Etymology
:From Greek διακ�ι�ικ��, distinguishing

Noun
en-noun

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

Synonyms
diacritical mark

Derived terms
diacritical

Translations
trans-top|special mark
Icelandic: komma f
trans-mid
Romanian: diacritic#Romanian|diacritic
Vietnamese: dấu phụ
trans-bottom

See also
w:Diacritic|Wikipedia article on diacritics

Category:Orthography

Romanian

Etymology
French diacritique

Adjective
ro-adj|2

1. diacritic#English|diacritic, diacritical

Declension
<center>
{| style="background:#F0F0F0"
|-
! colspan"2" style"background:#C0C0C0;width:20em" | singular
! colspan"2" style"background:#C0C0C0;width:20em" | plural
|-
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:25%" | masculine & neuter
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:25%" | feminine
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:25%" | masculine
! style="background:#C0C0C0;width:25%" | feminine and neuter
|-
| diacritic
| diacritic
| diacritice
| diacritice
|}</center>

Noun
ro-noun|gendn|pldiacritice

1. diacritic#English|diacritic

Declension
ro-noun-n|pldiacritice|defdiacriticul

io:diacritic
pl:diacritic
ru:diacritic
vi:diacritic
tr:diacritic
zh:diacritic

• 2007-08-11 13:51 - Flyax - /* Etymology */

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