Diacritical Mark

Of mark.   May also be referred to as diacritic.

A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation.

This concept's ID is @1~36315

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  • accent 3 facts

    A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special...

  • breve 0 facts

    A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound.

  • cedilla 0 facts

    A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an...

  • circumflex 0 facts

    A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic...

  • wedge 0 facts

    A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter...

  • macron 0 facts

    A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.

  • tilde 0 facts

    A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound...

  • umlaut 0 facts

    A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in soun...