🔡diacritical

adjective
/ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪkəl/

Meaning

Relating to a mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation or stress.

Example Sentences

The word résumé has diacritical marks that change its meaning from resume.

Synonyms

accentual, phonetic, orthographic, linguistic

Antonyms

plain, unmarked

Collocations

diacritical mark, diacritical accent, diacritical system

Related Vocabularies

Heavenly, divine, or relating to the highest heavens.
Making someone feel very excited, happy, or thrilled.
Harmonious; producing a pleasant sound or agreement of sound.
having the qualities of youth; energetic and fresh
Mutually opposed or inconsistent; containing elements that oppose each other.
not confident or assured; uncertain and anxious

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