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Adjective: diacritic  `dI-u'kri-tik
  1. Capable of distinguishing
    "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"
    - diacritical
Noun: diacritic  `dI-u'kri-tik
  1. A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
    - diacritical mark

Derived forms: diacritics

See also: discriminating

Type of: mark

Encyclopedia: Diacritic

Nearest

Diacalpa
diacetylmorphine
diachronic
diachronic linguistics
diachrony
diachylon
diachylum
diacid
diaconal
diaconate
diacritic
diacritical
diacritical mark
diadelphous
diadem
Diadophis
diadromous
diaeresis
diagenesis
Diaghilev
diaglyph