diacritical mark

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A symbol in writing used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

Equivalents

Españoldiacrítico signo diacrítico

Françaisdiacritique signe diacritique

DeutschDiakritikon Diakritikum diakritisches Zeichen

20 more languages

العربيةشكل شَكْلَة عَلَامَة تَشْكِيل

Catalàdiacrític

Češtinadiakritické znaménko

Danskdiakritisk tegn

Suomidiakriittinen merkki tarke

עבריתניקוד נקוד

हिन्दीमात्रा

Magyardiakritikus jel mellékjel

Italianosegno diacritico

日本語ダイアクリティカルマーク字上符

한국어발음 구별 기호 발음 구별 부호

Nederlandsdiakritisch teken

Polskiznak diakrytyczny

Portuguêsacento acento diacrítico

Românădiacritic semn diacritic

Русскийдиакрити́ческий знак

සිංහලපිලි

ไทยเครื่องหมายการออกเสียง

Tagalogtuldik

اردواِعْرَاب حَرْکَت

Examples

“California, like ⟳ several other states, prohibits the use ⟳ of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Diacriticals diacritization diacrylate diact diactine diactinism

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