DIACRITIC as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
   Synonym(s)
   • diacritical mark (what does diacritical mark mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) diacritic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mark (what does mark mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accent mark (what does accent mark mean?)
   • breve (what does breve mean?)
   • cedilla (what does cedilla mean?)
   • circumflex (what does circumflex mean?)
   • hacek (what does hacek mean?)
   • wedge (what does wedge mean?)
   • macron (what does macron mean?)
   • tilde (what does tilde mean?)
   • umlaut (what does umlaut mean?)
   • dieresis (what does dieresis mean?)
   • diaeresis (what does diaeresis mean?)

DIACRITIC as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • capable of distinguishing
   Synonym(s)
   • diacritical (what does diacritical mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • students having superior diacritic powers
   • the diacritic elements in culture- S.F.Nadel
   Similar To
   • discriminating (what does discriminating mean?)