diacritic
pronunciation
How to pronounce diacritic in British English:
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Word Origin
- diacritic (adj.)
- 1690s, of sounds, from Greek diakritikos "that separates or distinguishes," from diakrinein "to separate one from another," from dia- (see dia-) + krinein "to separate, decide, judge" (see crisis). As a noun, from 1866. Related: Diacritical.
Example
- 1. The smaller one is called a diacritic .
- 2. A small diacritic mark , such as an accent , a vowel mark , or a dot over an i.